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cliffhanger

/klif-hang-er/US // ˈklɪfˌhæŋ ər //UK // (ˈklɪfˌhæŋə) //

悬崖勒马,悬念,悬而未决

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a melodramatic or adventure serial in which each installment ends in suspense in order to interest the reader or viewer in the next installment.
    • : a single installment in such a serial.
    • : a suspenseful movie, novel, etc.
    • : the suspenseful ending itself.
    • : a situation or contest of which the outcome is suspensefully uncertain up to the very last moment: The game was a cliffhanger, but our team finally won.

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Examples

  • It’s also simply a twisty, fast-paced, action-packed show whose episodes end in killer cliffhangers—in other words, the ultimate binge bait.

  • Read moreThe crucial ballots that ended slavery in MarylandThe vote was a cliffhanger, and in the end, 375 absentee ballots cast by soldiers made the difference.

  • Part one of Lupin ended with a cliffhanger, and part two begins in the immediate aftermath.

  • A cliffhanger that could’ve been resolved within the first episode of Part 2 instead takes twice as long to wrap up.

  • Sometimes the McDonald’s commercials of the ’80s had entire narrative arcs, with recurring characters and cliffhangers.

  • Why not finish hard on a cliffhanger and the next one just jump straight back in?

  • We hit the ground running after an end-of-season cliffhanger.

  • What a monumental cliffhanger to get us excited for the last episode.

  • And, maddeningly, “A” ended on a cliffhanger, just as a potentially explosive confrontation was about to go down.

  • The best thing to happen to it was the aborting of the third season, which effectively ended the series in a cliffhanger.