单词 | suspense |
释义 | suspense —suspenseful, adj. /seuh spens"/, n. 1. a state or condition of mental uncertainty or excitement, as in awaiting a decision or outcome, usually accompanied by a degree of apprehension or anxiety. 2. a state of mental indecision. 3. undecided or doubtful condition, as of affairs: For a few days matters hung in suspense. 4. the state or condition of being suspended. [1375-1425; late ME < ML suspensum deferment, suspension, uncertainty, n. use of neut. of L suspensus hung up, doubtful, in suspense (ptp. of suspendere to hang up, leave undecided), equiv. to sus- SUS- + pensus (pend-, s. of pendere (trans.) to hang (see PEND) + -tus ptp. suffix, with dt > s)] |
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