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Suspense Waiting Waited Leave 英 Sə'Spens] 美 Sə'Spens N.悬疑;焦虑;悬念

英语单词 suspense
英美音标 英 [sə'spens] 美 [sə'spens]
中文释义 n.悬疑;焦虑;悬念
英语例句 (1) Suspense adds interest to a story.
(2) Three thousand spectators waited in suspense on the White House lawn.
(3) She waited in an agony of suspense.
(4) That suspense movie gave me a big bang at the end.
中文例句 (1) 故事中的悬疑情节更加引人入胜。
(2) 当时有三千观众怀着焦虑心情等待在白宫的草坪上。
(3) 她在悬念的煎熬中等待着。
(4) 那个悬念片它的结果让我大吃一惊。
vocabulary简明 Suspense is a feeling of excited waiting. If you have been waiting for weeks to get an answer to your proposal of marriage, you are being kept in suspense.
vocabulary扩展 The verb form, suspend, literally means to keep hanging. Suspense can be used in all sorts of ways. Movies that keep you on the edge of your seat in fear use suspense to draw you in. Suspense doesn’t always have to be scary, but it is usually agitating. If you are in suspense, you’re waiting on something that you really have to know.
柯林斯解释
1
[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](对可能发生之事的)兴奋,紧张,担心,挂虑 Suspense is a state of excitement or anxiety about something that is going to happen very soon, for example about some news that you are waiting to hear.
  • The suspense over the two remaining hostages ended last night when the police discovered the bullet ridden bodies.

    随着昨晚警方发现了弹痕累累的尸体,人们对剩余两名人质的担心也终告结束。

  • ...a writer who holds the suspense throughout her tale.

    使故事从头到尾充满悬念的女作家

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[PHRASE 短语](故意)使着急,使焦虑 If you keep or leave someone in suspense, you deliberately delay telling them something that they are very eager to know about.
  [V inflects]
  • Keppler kept all his men in suspense until that morning before announcing which two would be going...

    开普勒让所有的下属都焦急地等待着,直到那天上午才宣布哪两个人去。

  • 'Go on, don't leave us in suspense,' Dennis said.

    丹尼斯说:“接着说,别吊我们胃口了。”

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