suspension

英 [s?'spen?(?)n] 美[s?'sp?n??n]

TEM4IELTS擴展詞匯CET6中低頻詞

復數:?suspensions;

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。

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).

1. The athlete received a two-year suspension following a positive drug test.: 該運動員因尿檢結果呈陽性而被停賽兩年。

2. Some trains were so overloaded that their suspension collapsed.: 一些列車嚴重超載，結果懸架都斷裂了。

3. He's now facing suspension after a dust-up with the referee.: 在與裁判發生爭執后他現在面臨著停賽。

4. The active suspension system gives the car a very smooth ride.: 這個主動懸架系統使汽車行駛起來非常平穩。