| 单词 | in suspense |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin suspense a. (Chiefly Law.) in suspense, not being executed, fulfilled, rendered, paid, or the like; esp. to put in suspense, to defer or intermit the execution, payment, etc. of. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [verb (transitive)] > stay or suspend proceedings abatec1325 to put in suspense1421 stint1491 stay1525 bar1552 sist1635 stop1690 the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (transitive)] > for later treatment or consideration reservec1384 to put in suspense1421 resplait1447 to put in resplait1452 to leave over?c1475 sleep1519 refer1559 suspend1581 seposit1657 pigeonhole1840 shelve1847 table1849 pend1953 1421 T. Hoccleve Learn to Die 138 Whethir not changed may be this sentence; O lord, may it nat put been in suspense? 1492 Rolls of Parl. VI. 445 That by this same Act..the same Rentes and Services..be not extincted nor put in suspence. 1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xlv The tenaunt for terme of lyfe hath fee in the seruyces but the seruyces be put in suspence durynge hys lyfe. 1535 Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 9 The same estatutes..shalbe in suspence and not to put in execucion duryng the saide tyme. 1576 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 522 That the saidis landis..remane in the menetyme in suspens un-mellit or intromettit with be ayther of the saidis partiis. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 313 Albeit during the couerture the seruices shal be put in suspence. 1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. IV. 242 It was a springing use, resting in suspense during his life. in suspense ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > state of uncertainty, suspense > [adjective] suspensec1440 suspensed1526 on hovec1540 ambiguous1550 staggeringa1577 suspended1576 in suspense1583 halting1585 suspensory1611 suspensive1614 (to stand or sit) on or upon the fence1828 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. B7v I stande in suspence whether hir like were euer borne. 1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 92 He stoode in suspence where he should passe. 1629 H. Burton Truth's Triumph 290 To hold their merchants in suspense of making any sauing trade. 1692 tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Misc. Ess. 141 'Tis certain too that Caesar had his Hazards, but..I'm in suspence whether he was ever much Wounded in all his Wars. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. ix. 230 They were lying upon their oars in suspence what to do. in suspense c. Objectively, as an attribute of affairs, etc.: Doubtfulness, uncertainty, undecidedness. †in suspense: (of a question, etc.) undecided, doubtful. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > [noun] ortrowthc1175 ortrowa1200 untrust?c1225 suspicion1303 suspectiona1340 mistrowa1375 overtrowa1375 misfaitha1382 jealousyc1385 suspectc1386 misdoubtingc1390 untrist1390 mistrowinga1393 mistrusta1393 mistrista1400 supposinga1400 untrestc1400 wantrustc1405 diffidencea1425 misdeemingc1450 untrustingc1450 discredence?a1475 surmise1509 suspensea1513 diffidency1537 distrust1548 distrusting1549 misdoubt1558 discredit1567 misgiving1582 scruple1597 disconfidence1620 inconfidence1627 disaffiance1631 non-fiance1643 defiance1662 suspiciencya1690 reservation1719 disfaith1870 méfiance1876 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > in dispute, in question [phrase] at large1435 in suspensea1513 in issue1533 in suita1538 sub lite1766 at issue1768 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > [noun] studyinglOE orrathnessc1175 doubta1225 balance1297 were1303 doubtancec1325 unsickernessc1340 wilsomenessa1400 wonda1400 scriple?a1425 ambiguityc1425 diswerec1440 dubitationc1450 variation?1473 incertainty1483 doubting1486 doubtfulness1526 scrupulousness1526 scruple1548 uncertainty1548 disputation1549 irresolution1592 swithering1597 hesitance1601 incertitude1601 unpersuadedness1612 inassurance1614 hesitancy1617 unsettledness1619 hesitation1622 unsatisfaction1643 unsatisfiedness1646 dubitancy1649 insecurity1649 dispersuasion1653 unassuredness1660 scrupling1665 unconfidencea1670 swither1719 dubietyc1750 mank1808 suspense1816 dubitating1837 doubtingness1840 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ciii. f. xlv Which innaturall Batayll hangynge in suspence to whether of theym the victory, shulde turne. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxlvi Meanynge thereby..in the meane season to let that matter be in suspence. 1593 J. Norden Speculum Brit.: Middlesex ii. 23 There is a free Schole for the towne, the stipend yet in suspence, the Fishmongers of London contribute twentie pound. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxii. 207 Leauing this in suspence as a thing not..certainely knowne. 1623 P. Massinger Duke of Millaine i. i. sig. B2v It being in suspence, on whose faire Tent, Win'gd [sic] victory wil make her glorious stand. 1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. v. 375 In this suspense of his affairs at Rome. 1816 J. Austen Emma III. iii. 39 Such events are very interesting, but the suspense of them cannot last long. View more context for this quotation 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. §2. 461 The first twenty years of Elizabeth's reign were a period of suspense. < as lemmas |
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