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Suspend Ed Suspended Verb 动词 Time Stop Temporarily

英语单词 suspend
英美音标 [sə'spend]
中文释义 vt.吊,悬挂
v.延缓
vocab简明 You can use the verb suspend any time you need to stop something. Whether it’s your judgment, a rule, or bus service, when you suspend it, you temporarily bring it to a halt.
vocab扩展 Suspend often describes stopping an activity for a while. A winter storm, for example, may suspend air travel until weather conditions improve. Suspend also works in a more figurative sense, such as when you suspend your doubt in order to give someone or something a fair chance. A student who is suspended is temporarily forbidden from attending class. Don't confuse this with expel, which means he or she may never return.
真题原句
In dreams, a window opens into a world where logic is suspended and dead people speak.

The oil price was given another push up this week when Iraq suspended oil exports.
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1
[VERB 动词]暂缓;推迟;暂停 If you suspend something, you delay it or stop it from happening for a while or until a decision is made about it.
  [V n]
  • The union suspended strike action this week...

    这周工会暂停了罢工。

  • A UN official said aid programs will be suspended until there's adequate protection for relief convoys.

    一名联合国官员说将会暂停援助项目,直到援助车队能够得到充分的保护为止。

2
[VERB 动词]使暂时停职 If someone is suspended, they are prevented from holding a particular job or position for a fixed length of time or until a decision is made about them.
  [be V-ed]
  [V n]
  • Julie was suspended from her job shortly after the incident...

    出事后不久,朱莉就被停职了。

  • Buchanan was suspended for a year from Georgetown University after brawling with police...

    布坎南因与警察发生肢体冲突而被乔治敦大学停学一年。

  • The Lawn Tennis Association suspended Mr Castle from the British team.

    草地网球协会暂停了卡斯尔先生在英国队的职务。

3
[VERB 动词]悬挂;吊 If something is suspended from a high place, it is hanging from that place.
  [be V-ed]
  [V-ed]
  [usu passive]
  • ...a mobile of birds or nursery rhyme characters which could be suspended over the cot.

    能悬挂在摇篮上方、由小鸟或童谣故事人物组成的风动玩具

  • ...chandeliers suspended on heavy chains from the ceiling.

    悬挂在天花板上、由粗重吊链吊着的枝形吊灯

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