1. 1懸疑感;(等待結果時的)緊張期待

    Suspense is that uncomfortable, feeling of not knowing what's going to happen next - your heart beats a little faster while you wait to find out. Movies and books build suspense on purpose, to keep you interested and a little nervous, especially before something important is revealed.

core核心畫面

組成From Latin 'suspendere' - sus- (under) + pendere (to hang) - literally 'left hanging'

同家族的字

  • suspendshares the same Latin root 'pendere' (to hang) - both come from the idea of being left hanging, unresolved

原始詞典資料7 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

suspensenoun/səˈspɛns/

  • 1

    The condition of being suspended; cessation for a time.

    • For thee the Fates, severely kind, ordain / A cool suspense from pleasure and from pain; / Thy life a long dead calm of fix'd repose; / No pulse that riots, and no blood that glows.
  • 2

    The pleasurable emotion of anticipation and excitement regarding the outcome or climax of a book, film etc.

  • 3

    The unpleasant emotion of anxiety or apprehension in an uncertain situation.

    • Ten days the prophet in suspense remain'd.
    • I believe that, to the young, suspense is the most intolerable suffering. Active misery always brings with it its own power of endurance.
  • 4

    lawA temporary cessation of one's right; suspension, as when the rent or other profits of land cease by unity of possession of land and rent.

  • 5

    governmentmilitarypoliticsA deadline.

    • She sent us that assignment with a suspense of noon tomorrow.

suspenseadj/səˈspɛns/

  • 1

    obsoleteHeld or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding.

    • [The great light of day] suspens in heav'n.
  • 2

    obsoleteExpressing, or proceeding from, suspense or doubt.

    • Expectation held his look suspense.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。