suspend [sə'spend] verb STOP 停止 ADVANCED transitive ■to stop or to cause to be not active, either temporarily or permanently 停止,暂停,中止•The ferry service has been suspended for the day because of bad weather.因为天气恶劣,渡船已经停开。 •The President has suspended the constitution and assumed total power.总统废除宪法,独揽大权。 •When you go to the theatre, you have to be willing to suspend disbelief (= to act as if you believe that what you are seeing is real or true, although you know that it is not).去戏院看戏时,你得对剧情深信不疑。 •I'm suspending judgment (= not forming an opinion) on the book I'm reading until I've finished it.在把书读完之前,我不会对它作出任何评价。 •legal Mr Young was given a six-month jail sentence suspended for two years (= If he commits another crime within two years, he will have to go to prison for six months for his original crime).杨先生被判监禁六个月,缓刑两年执行。 ADVANCED transitive ■If someone is suspended from work, school, etc., they are temporarily not allowed to work, go to school or take part in an activity because they have done something wrong (因犯错而)暂令停职,暂令停学,暂令停止参加活动•She was suspended from school for fighting.她因为打架而被勒令停学。 •He was suspended for four matches after arguing with the referee.跟裁判发生争执之后,他被禁赛四场。 [sə'spend] verb HANG 悬挂 transitive usually + adverb or preposition ■to hang 悬挂•The builders worked on wooden platforms, suspended by ropes from the roof of the building.建筑工人站在用绳子从房顶上吊下来的木制平台上工作。 •It was very uncomfortable lying on the hospital bed with my legs suspended in the air.我躺在医院的病床上,腿悬吊在半空,难受极了。 transitive usually + adverb or preposition ■If small pieces of solid material are suspended in a gas or a liquid, they hang or float in the gas or liquid 悬浮,漂浮•The drug is suspended in a saline solution.这种药悬浮在生理盐水中。 •A cloud of smoke was suspended in the air.空中飘浮着一团烟雾。 |