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suspense

/suh-spens/US // səˈspɛns //UK // (səˈspɛns) //

悬念,悬疑,悬疑片,悬赏

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a state or condition of mental uncertainty or excitement, as in awaiting a decision or outcome, usually accompanied by a degree of apprehension or anxiety.
    • : a state of mental indecision.
    • : undecided or doubtful condition, as of affairs: For a few days matters hung in suspense.
    • : the state or condition of being suspended.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounanticipation

Examples

  • Unfortunately, there’s just no real suspense to the various challenges facing our heroes.

  • It’s there that this publishing satire transforms into a lively suspense novel as Florence is forced to reckon with the person she’s become in her quest for fame.

  • Highsmith’s work will give you an unforgettable mix of pleasure and suspense.

  • This is one of those games that knows how to ratchet up the suspense to get you talking to yourself.

  • A Rose Bowl national semifinal widely forecast to lack suspense wound up lacking suspense, unless you want to count the art exhibit.

  • It has all the elements necessary for drama, controversy, and suspense.

  • The suspense was only over who would kill it: Obama or the Democrats.

  • Like any good suspense novelist, Shields is a master of evasion and sleight-of-hand.

  • But those two identifications are still subjects of debate, a problem that adds to the suspense now mounting at Amphipolis.

  • Is it possible that there is an anti-feminist element buried in the nature of suspense itself?

  • The suspense with which Louis listened to this perfidious confederation, was almost insufferable.

  • During so long drawn out a suspense I tried to ease the tension by dictation.

  • The suspense of waiting for the committee to decide upon the winner of the prize was hard to endure indeed.

  • The dinner at Sivert Jespersen's the following day was silent, for all were in a state of suspense.

  • For awhile it almost seemed as though she were about to do this very thing, and the suspense nearly drove the girls frantic.

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