1N-UNCOUNT (对可能发生之事的)兴奋,紧张,担心,挂虑Suspense is 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. (对可能发生之事的)兴奋,紧张,担心,挂虑
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。
...a writer who holds the suspense throughout her tale.
2PHRASE (故意)使着急,使焦虑 If you keep or leave someone in suspense, you deliberately delay telling them something that they are very eager to know about. (故意)使着急,使焦虑
Keppler kept all his men in suspense until that morning before announcing which two would be going.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + SUSPENSE | SUSPENSE + VERB | SUSPENSE + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤nail-biting, unbearable扣人心弦的/無法忍受的懸念➤genuine, real真正的懸念VERB + SUSPENSE➤break, spoil打破/破壞懸念◇Don't look at the end of the book yet-you'll spoil the suspense.不要急着看書的結尾,那樣就沒懸念了。➤build, build up, create, generate增強懸念;製造懸念;產生懸念▸➤stand忍受焦慮◇She couldn't stand the suspense a moment longer.她急得一分一秒也等不了。SUSPENSE + VERB➤be killing sb (informal) 懸念把某人急死◇I don't get the results till next week, and the suspense is killing me.我要到下個星期才能得到結果,真把我急死了。SUSPENSE + NOUN➤film, movie, story, thriller懸疑片;懸疑小說;懸疑驚悚片PREPOSITION➤suspense about關於⋯的懸念◇They were kept in suspense about joining the expedition for several weeks.他們焦急地等待了好幾個星期,不知道能否參加探險。PHRASES➤a state of suspense焦急的狀態▸➤keep sb in suspense, leave sb in suspense使某人焦急等待◇Don't keep us in suspense-did you get the job or not?別賣關子了,你得到那份工作沒有?