suspension
英 [s?'spen?(?)n]
美[s?'sp?n??n]
- n. 懸??；暫停；停職
TEM4IELTS擴展詞匯CET6中低頻詞
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?suspensions;
中文詞源
suspension 暫停，暫緩，延遲
suspend,懸，掛，吊，-s,過去分詞格，-ion,名詞后綴。引申詞義暫停，暫緩等。
英文詞源
- suspension (n.)
- early 15c., "a temporary halting or deprivation," from Latin suspensionem (nominative suspensio) "the act or state of hanging up, a vaulting," noun of action, from past participle stem of suspendere "to hang up, cause to hang, suspend" (see suspend). Suspension of disbelief is from Coleridge:
A semblance of truth sufficient to procure for these shadows of imagination that willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith. ["Biographia Literaria," 1817]
Meaning "action of hanging by a support from above" is attested from 1540s. Meaning "particles suspended in liquid without dissolving" is from 1707. Suspension-bridge first recorded 1819 (earlier suspended bridge, 1796).
雙語例句
- 1. The athlete received a two-year suspension following a positive drug test.
- 該運動員因尿檢結(jié)果呈陽性而被停賽兩年。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Some trains were so overloaded that their suspension collapsed.
- 一些列車嚴重超載，結(jié)果懸架都斷裂了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He's now facing suspension after a dust-up with the referee.
- 在與裁判發(fā)生爭執(zhí)后他現(xiàn)在面臨著停賽。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The active suspension system gives the car a very smooth ride.
- 這個主動懸架系統(tǒng)使汽車行駛起來非常平穩(wěn)。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Despite the risk of suspension, he remained defiant.
- 盡管可能會被停職，他仍然桀驁不馴。
來自柯林斯例句