suspend
v. 暫停; 延緩; 掛; 懸
If you suspend something, you delay it or stop it from happening for a while or until a decision is made about it.
The union suspended strike action this week...
這周工會暫停了罷工。
A UN official said aid programs will be suspended until there's adequate protection for relief convoys.
一名聯合國官員說將會暫停援助專案,直到援助車隊能夠得到充分的保護為止。
If someone is suspended, they are prevented from holding a particular job or position for a fixed length of time or until a decision is made about them.
Julie was suspended from her job shortly after the incident...
出事後不久,朱莉就被停職了。
Buchanan was suspended for a year from Georgetown University after brawling with police...
布坎南因與警察發生肢體衝突而被喬治敦大學停學一年。
If something is suspended from a high place, it is hanging from that place.
...a mobile of birds or nursery rhyme characters which could be suspended over the cot.
能懸掛在搖籃上方、由小鳥或童謠故事人物組成的風動玩具
...chandeliers suspended on heavy chains from the ceiling.
懸掛在天花板上、由粗重吊鏈吊著的枝形吊燈
1. hang freely;
2. cause to be held in suspension in a fluid;
3. bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.
4. stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it;
5. make inoperative or stop;
6. as of a prison sentence
delay, postpone, defer, suspend, prolong, put off
這些動詞或短語動詞均有"推延,延期"之意。
hang, suspend
這兩個動詞均含"掛,吊"之意。
suspend disbelief
暫時讓自己相信虛構的事物(尤指為了欣賞虛構的小說)
suspend payment
(公司因破產或資金不足而)停止付款
China's decision last weekend to suspend its currency peg should help the process along.
中國上週末決定暫停盯住美元的匯率制度,這應有利於推動該程序.
They decided to suspend trade with that country.
他們決定中斷和那個國家的貿易.
Have you asked the Club to suspend any player?
你有沒有要求俱樂部隔離某位球員?
He was compelled by illness to suspend his experiment.
他因病不得不暫時中斷實驗.
Balloons suspend easily in the air.
氣球容易浮在空中.