suspension

英 [sə'spenʃ(ə)n] 美[sə'spɛnʃən]

TEM4IELTS扩展词汇CET6中低频词

复数: suspensions;

suspension 暂停，暂缓，延迟

suspend,悬，挂，吊，-s,过去分词格，-ion,名词后缀。引申词义暂停，暂缓等。

suspension (n.): early 15c., "a temporary halting or deprivation," from Latin suspensionem (nominative suspensio) "the act or state of hanging up, a vaulting," noun of action, from past participle stem of suspendere "to hang up, cause to hang, suspend" (see suspend). Suspension of disbelief is from Coleridge:
A semblance of truth sufficient to procure for these shadows of imagination that willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith. ["Biographia Literaria," 1817]
Meaning "action of hanging by a support from above" is attested from 1540s. Meaning "particles suspended in liquid without dissolving" is from 1707. Suspension-bridge first recorded 1819 (earlier suspended bridge, 1796).

1. The athlete received a two-year suspension following a positive drug test.: 该运动员因尿检结果呈阳性而被停赛两年。

2. Some trains were so overloaded that their suspension collapsed.: 一些列车严重超载，结果悬架都断裂了。

3. He's now facing suspension after a dust-up with the referee.: 在与裁判发生争执后他现在面临着停赛。

4. The active suspension system gives the car a very smooth ride.: 这个主动悬架系统使汽车行驶起来非常平稳。