Suspend Suspended Temporarily Verb Sth B Stop Hold

sus·pend
\\sə-ˈspend\\ verbtransitive verb
1. to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function
    suspend a student from school
2.
  a. to cause to stop temporarily
      suspend bus service
  b. to set aside or make temporarily inoperative
      suspend the rules
3. to defer to a later time on specified conditions
    suspend sentence
4. to hold in an undetermined or undecided state awaiting further information
    suspend judgment
    suspend disbelief
5.
  a.

hang

; especially : to hang so as to be free on all sides except at the point of support
      suspend a ball by a thread
  b. to keep from falling or sinking by some invisible support (as buoyancy)
      dust suspended in the air
  c. to put or hold in suspension
      suspended sediment
6.
  a. to keep fixed or lost (as in wonder or contemplation)
  b. to keep waiting in suspense or indecision
7. to hold (a musical note) over into the following chord
intransitive verb
1. to cease operation temporarily
2. to stop payment or fail to meet obligations
3.
Synonyms: see

suspend
  late 13c., "to bar or exclude temporarily from some function or privilege, to cause to cease for a time," from O.Fr. suspendre, from L. suspendere "to hang, stop," from sub "up from under" + pendere "cause to hang, weigh" (see pendant). The lit. sense of "to cause to hang by a support from above" is recorded from mid-15c. Suspenders is attested from 1810, Amer.Eng. Suspended animation first recorded 1795.

suspend
sus·pend / sE5spend / verb [VN]
1. [usually +adv. / prep.] ~ sth / sb (from sth) (by / on sth) to hang sth from sth else
   悬；挂；吊:
   A lamp was suspended from the ceiling.
   一盏吊灯悬在天花板上。
   Her body was found suspended by a rope.
   人们发现她的尸体吊在绳子上。
2. to officially stop sth for a time; to prevent sth from being active, used, etc. for a time
   暂停；中止；使暂停发挥作用(或使用等):
   Production has been suspended while safety checks are carried out.
   在进行安全检查期间生产暂停。
   The constitution was suspended as the fighting grew worse.
   鉴于战斗趋于激烈,宪法暂停实施。
   In the theatre we willingly suspend disbelief (= temporarily believe that the characters, etc. are real).
   在剧院看戏时,我们自愿对一切暂不置疑。
3. to officially delay sth; to arrange for sth to happen later than planned
   延缓；暂缓；推迟:
   The introduction of the new system has been suspended until next year.
   新制度推迟到明年再行实施。
   to suspend judgement (= delay forming or expressing an opinion)
   暂不判断
4. [usually passive] ~ sb (from sth) to officially prevent sb from doing their job, going to school, etc. for a time
   使暂时停职(或停学等):
   The police officer was suspended while the complaint was investigated.
   投诉调查期间,这位警员被暂停职务。
5. be suspended in sth (technical 术语) to float in liquid or air without moving
   悬浮
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suspension

suspend verb

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sus·pend
\səˈspend\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English suspenden, from Old French suspendre to hang up, interrupt, from Latin suspendere, from sus- (variant of sub- up) + pendere to cause to hang, weigh — more at ,
transitive verb
1. : to debar or cause to withdraw temporarily from any privilege, office, or function : subject to suspension
 < suspend a student from school for disciplinary reasons >
 < suspend a member of a club >
 < was suspended from the army for a year — H.E.Scudder >
 < condemned him and suspended him from the ministry — A.C.McGiffert >
2.
 a. : to cause (as an action, process, practice, use) to cease for a time : stop temporarily
  < suspend publication of a magazine >
  < suspend bus service >
 sometimes : to stop permanently :
 b. :
  < suspend a hearing >
 c. : to set aside or make temporarily inoperative
  < ready and able to suspend their personal values for the sake of magically collective ones — E.H.Erikson >
  < credit controls were relaxed and suspended — C.L.James >
  < not a detached period in which the moral standards he adheres to at home can be temporarily suspended — Scott Hershey & Harry Tennant >
  < article 140 provided that the constitutional court might suspend laws which violated the constitution — C.J.Friedrich >
  < the general suspended constitutional guarantees for forty-five days — Current Biography >
 d. : to cause to be intermitted or interrupted (as in motion or execution)
  < they suspended their oars to listen >
3. : to defer till later : ; usually : to withhold for a time on specified conditions
 < suspend sentence on a convicted man >
4. : to hold in an undetermined or undecided state awaiting fuller information
 < suspend judgment until further knowledge is attainable — M.R.Cohen >
 < you suspend both belief and disbelief — T.S.Eliot >
 < expression was suspended as she sought his mood, to know what to conform to — Louis Auchincloss >
5.
 a. :
  < suspending his linen to dry on the frame of the wagon — Van Wyck Brooks >
  < the garment of primitive man was usually a simple robe that covered the body and was suspended from the shoulders — Morris Fishbein >
  < suspended from his neck with a medallion — R.H.Brown >
  < the exterior walls instead of supporting the roof, are suspended from it — American Fabrics >
 especially : to hang so as to be free on all sides except at the point of support : cause to depend
  < suspend a ball by a thread >
  < suspend a chandelier from a ceiling >
 b. : to cause to be upheld or to be kept from falling or sinking by some invisible support (as buoyancy)
  < dust suspended in the air >
  < particles suspended in water >
 c. : to support (the upper part of a vehicle) on the wheels or axles by springs or other devices
6. : to hold riveted in attention : keep fixed or lost (as in wonder or contemplation)
 < man … is forever suspended in a floating world of action and contemplation — Richard Eberhart >
7. : to keep waiting in suspense or indecision
8. : to make contingent or dependent on or upon :
9. : to hold (a musical note or tone) over into the following chord
intransitive verb
1. : to cease temporarily from operation or activity
 < the magazine suspended >
 < the school suspended for lack of finances >
2. : to stop payment or fail to meet obligations or engagements — used of a business or a bank
3. obsolete
 a. : to suspend judgment
 b. : to have an apprehension or a suspicion
4.
 a. :
  < baleen plates suspending from the upper jaw — Alaska Sportsman >
 b. : to become held in suspension
  < fine particles that suspend readily in water >
Synonyms: see ,
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