| 单词 | suspense |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [səs'pens] |
| 解释 | n.悬念；挂念 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n.悬念(pleasant excitement as to a decision or outcome)；挂念(mental uncertainty； anxiety) 【记】 sus(下面)+pense(挂) →(一颗心)挂着 【同】 参考： suspension(悬挂，暂 停)；suspicion(怀疑) 【例】 She waited in suspense for the return of her husband. |
| 字源 | suspense (n.) c.1400, "abeyance, temporary cessation; state of not being carried out" (of legal matters), from Anglo-French suspens (in en suspens "in abeyance," c.1300), Old French sospense "delay, deferment (of judgement), act of suspending," from Latin suspensus, past participle of suspendere "to hang up; interrupt" (see suspend). Meaning "state of mental uncertainty with more or less anxiety" (mid-15c.) is from legal meaning, perhaps via notion of "awaiting an expected decision," or from "state of having the mind or thoughts suspended." As a genre of novels, stories, etc., attested from 1951. |
| 不择手段背单词 | 无 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】来自suspend，悬着的 |
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