英语单词 | suspend |
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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. |
柯林斯星级 | ★★★☆☆ |
柯林斯解释 | 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]
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. [ [V n]
3 [VERB 动词]悬挂;吊 If something is suspended from a high place, it is hanging from that place. [ [V-ed] [usu passive]
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来源 | 2005.3 |
Tags: 单词::2002, 单词::2005
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