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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.
懸疑感；(等待結果時的)緊張期待
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，原文照列，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/
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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.
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The pleasurable emotion of anticipation and excitement regarding the outcome or climax of a book, film etc.
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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.
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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.
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governmentmilitarypoliticsA deadline.
- She sent us that assignment with a suspense of noon tomorrow.
suspenseadj/səˈspɛns/
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obsoleteHeld or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding.
- [The great light of day] suspens in heav'n.
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obsoleteExpressing, or proceeding from, suspense or doubt.
- Expectation held his look suspense.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。