suspense

英 [səˈspens]

美 [səˈspens]

n.  (对即将发生的事等的)担心; 焦虑; 兴奋; 悬念

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牛津词典

noun

• （对即将发生的事等的）担心；焦虑；兴奋；悬念
  a feeling of worry or excitement that you have when you feel that sth is going to happen, sb is going to tell you some news, etc.
  1. a tale of mystery and suspense
     一个神秘莫测、充满悬念的故事
  2. Don't keep us in suspense . Tell us what happened!
     别让我们心老悬着了。告诉我们出了什么事！
  3. I couldn't bear the suspense a moment longer.
     这样提心吊胆，我一刻也受不了了。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT (对可能发生之事的)兴奋，紧张，担心，挂虑
  Suspenseis a state of excitement or anxiety about something that is going to happen very soon, for example about some news that you are waiting to hear.
  1. The suspense over the two remaining hostages ended last night when the police discovered the bullet ridden bodies.
     随着昨晚警方发现了弹痕累累的尸体，人们对剩余两名人质的担心也终告结束。
  2. ...a writer who holds the suspense throughout her tale.
     使故事从头到尾充满悬念的女作家
• PHRASE (故意)使着急，使焦虑
  If youkeeporleavesomeonein suspense, you deliberately delay telling them something that they are very eager to know about.
  1. Keppler kept all his men in suspense until that morning before announcing which two would be going...
     开普勒让所有的下属都焦急地等待着，直到那天上午才宣布哪两个人去。
  2. 'Go on, don't leave us in suspense,' Dennis said.
     丹尼斯说：“接着说，别吊我们胃口了。”

英英释义

noun

• an uncertain cognitive state
  1. the matter remained in suspense for several years
• excited anticipation of an approaching climax
  1. the play kept the audience in suspense
• apprehension about what is going to happen

双语例句

• Well, don't keep us in suspense, what did he say?
  好了，别让我们着急了，他说了些什么呀？
• Don't keep us in suspense any longer!
  别再让我们着急了！
• It indicates how the effects of suspense, eeriness and horror is established perfectly through the use of irony.
  讨论了作为新批评文论中的结构原则的反讽如何使《鄂》中的悬疑、怪诞、恐怖效果达到极致。
• All this has left us to a series of suspense.
  这一切都为我们留下来一连串的悬念。
• I can hardly bear the suspense.
  我几乎难以忍受这种焦虑。
• The suspense over the two remaining hostages ended last night when the police discovered the bullet ridden bodies.
  随着昨晚警方发现了弹痕累累的尸体，人们对剩余两名人质的担心也终告结束。
• His success as a novelist can be ascribed to the simple formula of sex, violence and suspense.
  作为小说家，他的成功可以归结于性、力和悬念这一简单的公式。
• Hurry up and tell me! The suspense is killing me!
  快点告诉我！我都急死了！
• I try to add an element of suspense and mystery to my novel.
  我试图给我的小说增加一点悬念和神秘的色彩。
• The film was a masterpiece of suspense.
  这部电影堪称悬念影片中的杰作。