剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - suspense collapse

suspense
/sə'spents/
noun [U]
* the feeling of excitement or nervousness which you have when you are waiting for something to happen and are uncertain about what it is going to be
悬念，焦虑，担心

1. She kept him in suspense for several days before she said that she would marry him.
她让他焦虑地等了好几天，才告诉他愿意嫁给他。

2. The suspense is killing me (= I am extremely eager to know what is going to happen).
真是急死我了。

3. There is a gradual build-up of suspense throughout the film, until it comes to an unexpected ending.
这部电影自始自终一步步加深悬念，最后的结局非常出人意料。

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - suspense collapse

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1.N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词(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.

  • 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.

    使故事从头到尾充满悬念的女作家

2.PHRASE 短语(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.

【搭配模式】：V inflects

  • 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。

  • 'Go on, don't leave us in suspense,' Dennis said.

    丹尼斯说：“接着说，别吊我们胃口了。”

牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - suspense collapse

suspense
sus·pense / sE5spens / noun [U]
   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.
   (对即将发生的事等的)担心；焦虑；兴奋；悬念:
   a tale of mystery and suspense
   一个神秘莫测、充满悬念的故事
   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！
   I couldn't bear the suspense a moment longer.
   这样提心吊胆,我一刻也受不了了。

牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - suspense collapse

suspense noun

• ADJECTIVE nail-biting, unbearable | genuine, real

• VERB + SUSPENSE break, spoil Don't look at the end of the book yet—you'll spoil the ~. | build, build up, create, generate | stand She couldn't stand the ~ a moment longer.

• SUSPENSE + VERB be killing sb (informal) I don't get the results till next week, and the ~ is killing me.

• SUSPENSE + NOUN film (esp. BrE), movie (esp. AmE), story, thriller

• PREPOSITION ~ about They were kept in ~ about joining the expedition for several weeks.

• PHRASES a state of ~ | keep sb in ~, leave sb in ~ Don't keep us in suspense—did you get the job or not?

新牛津英语同义词词典 - suspense collapse

suspense

noun
I can't bear the suspense a moment longer!
TENSION , uncertainty, doubt, doubtfulness, anticipation, expectation, expectancy, excitement, anxiety, nervousness, apprehension, apprehensiveness, strain.
in suspense we now wait in suspense for the banker to turn the cards over
EAGERLY , agog, all agog, with bated breath, on tenterhooks, avid, excited, on edge, open-mouthed, anxious, edgy, jittery, jumpy, keyed up, overwrought, uneasy, worried; informal uptight, waiting for the axe to fall.

词源记忆 - suspense collapse

suspense 悬念，焦虑
suspend, 悬，挂，吊；-s, 过去分词格。引申词义悬念，焦虑等。