:the act of forcing someone to leave a job, position, or place for a usually short period of time as a form of punishment:the act of suspending someone暂令停职
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He was angry about his suspension from the team.他为自己不得不暂时离队而气恼。
His record shows several suspensions from school.他的记录上显示有几次被勒令停学。
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He's under suspension for breaking the rules.他因违反规定被暂时停职。
2
[singular, noncount]:the act of stopping or delaying something for a usually short period of time暂停;中止;延迟
(a) suspension of peace talks和平谈判暂停
3
:the act of making something invalid or ineffective for a usually short period of time暂被取消
[count]
a 30-day license suspension吊销执照30天
a suspension of the rules规则的暂停实施
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She was punished by suspension of her driver's license.她受到吊销驾照的处罚。
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[count]technical:a substance (usually a liquid) that has very small pieces of a solid material mixed throughout it悬浮物;悬浮液
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[noncount]technical:the parts of a vehicle that connect the body to the tires and allow the vehicle to move more smoothly over uneven surfaces(车辆减震用的)悬架
: temporary removal (as from office or privileges)
b
: temporary withholding (as of belief or decision)
c
: temporary abrogation of a law or rule
d(1)
: the holding over of one or more musical tones of a chord into the following chord producing a momentary discord and suspending the concord which the ear expects
He was angry about his suspension from the team. His record shows several suspensions from school. He's under suspension for breaking the rules. a suspension of the rules She was punished by suspension of her driver's license.
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English suspensyon, from Anglo-French suspension, from Late Latin suspension-, suspensio, from Latin suspendere
1stopping of activity活動停止ADJECTIVE | VERB + SUSPENSION | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤temporary暫時中止▸➤lengthy, long漫長的/長時間的擱置▸➤immediate即刻中止▸➤automatic自動暫停◇Another caution will result in his automatic suspension from the final.如果再受到一次警告,他就會被自動停賽,無緣決賽。➤one-match, two-match, etc. (especially BrE) 一場、兩場等的停賽➤one-game, two-game, etc. (especially NAmE) 一場、兩場等的停賽➤five-day, seven-month, etc. * 5 天、7 個月等的停賽VERB + SUSPENSION➤give sb, impose, order (especially BrE) 讓某人停職;強制暫停;命令暫停◇A four-day suspension was imposed on her.她被勒令停職 4 天。➤face面臨停職處罰▸➤get, receive受到/接受停職處罰◇He received a five-day suspension.他受到了停職 5 天的處分。➤appeal, appeal against (BrE) 就停職提出申訴➤serve, serve out (BrE) 接受停職處罰期間;停賽處罰期滿◇He is serving a one-match suspension.他正在接受停賽一場的處罰。PREPOSITION➤under suspension暫停中◇a detective under suspension from his job被停職的警探➤suspension for因⋯停賽◇a five-game suspension for violating the league's drug policy因違反聯賽藥品規定停賽 5 場➤suspension from被中止⋯◇his suspension from the club他被俱樂部暫時除名PHRASES➤a period of suspension停職期◇The athlete could face a lengthy period of suspension if found guilty.如果被判有罪,這名運動員可能面臨長期禁賽。➤suspension of disbelief擱置懷疑◇Many movies require the viewer to engage in a willing suspension of disbelief.許多電影要求觀眾自覺自願將不信任暫時撇開。suspension
noun²
2on a vehicle車輛ADJECTIVE | VERB + SUSPENSION | SUSPENSION + NOUNADJECTIVE➤front, rear前懸架;後懸架▸➤active, independent主動/獨立懸架➤air空氣懸架VERB + SUSPENSION➤be fitted with, have裝有懸架;擁有懸架◇The new model has independent suspension.新款安裝了獨立懸架系統。SUSPENSION + NOUN➤system懸架系統