英语词汇“suspend”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

MENU FOR suspendsuspend1 stop2 leave a school/job3 hang4 suspend judgment5 suspend disbelief6 be suspended in something

WORD ORIGINsuspend

Origin:

1200-1300 Old French suspendre ‘to hang up, interrupt’, from Latin suspendere, from sub- ‘up’ + pendere ‘to hang’

VERB TABLE

suspend

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	suspend
	he, she, it	suspends
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	suspended
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have suspended
	he, she, it	has suspended
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had suspended
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will suspend
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have suspended

Continuous Form
Present	I	am suspending
	he, she, it	is suspending
	you, we, they	are suspending
Past	I, he, she, it	was suspending
	you, we, they	were suspending
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been suspending
	he, she, it	has been suspending
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been suspending
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be suspending
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been suspending

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

All pay increases are to be suspended until further notice.
Any store that has had its license suspended for more than 30 days will have to apply for a permit.
Martinez was suspended for a week because he attacked another student.
The Police Department has suspended six officers from duty while they investigate claims of fraud and corruption.
The teacher has been suspended while the accusation is being investigated.
The trial was suspended after threats were made against witnesses.
Three police officers have been suspended for accepting bribes.
Two senior officials have been suspended on full pay pending a second internal inquiry.
We have decided to suspend all production at the factory until safety checks can be carried out.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

A curfew was imposed and news broadcasts by Radio Rumbos, the largest network, were suspended.
At a great distance, the ghostly frost of a snow peak seemed suspended from the clear sky.
If you want to suspend this policy you must send your certificate of motor insurance back to us.
In total nine verdicts have already been reversed and 13 police officers have been suspended from duty.
Jamie looks up from his plate, the fork suspended.
The university suspended the fraternity for two years, during which it could not hold social or athletic activities.

Longman Language Activatorwhen something hangs down► hang

· He stood very still, his arms hanging loosely, his feet apart.hang from · In the corner of the room was a large lamp, hanging from the ceiling.· The watch was on a gold chain that hung from his belt.hang down · Hold one end of the rope in your hand and let the other end hang down.hang on/under/next to etc · The keys are hanging on a nail by the door.· A picture of their parents hangs over the bedroom door.

► dangle

to hang loosely, moving slightly from side to side: dangle from: · Dangling from her ears were two large gold earrings.· He dangled helplessly from the cliff, trying not to look down.dangle in/over/next to etc: · We sat on the edge of the pool with our legs dangling in the water.

► be suspended

to be hanging from a high position: be suspended by: · A row of hares were suspended by their feet outside the butcher's shop.be suspended from: · All sorts of artefacts were suspended from the ceiling.

► swing

to move from side to side while hanging from a higher position, or to make something do this: swing from: · A lantern swung from a hook in the roof.· A small jewelled cross swung from a gold chain around her neck.

to forbid someone from taking part in an activity or sport► suspend

to remove someone from their job or their school for a limited period of time as a punishment or in order to find out whether they have done something wrong: · Martinez was suspended for a week because he attacked another student.· The teacher has been suspended while the accusation is being investigated.suspend somebody for doing something: · Three police officers have been suspended for accepting bribes.

► ban

to officially state that someone is not allowed to do something, especially as a punishment for something bad they have done: ban somebody from doing something: · She was banned from driving for 6 months.· The government has banned public officials from accepting gifts from foreigners.

► disqualify

to officially state that someone is no longer allowed to take part in a competition or activity, because they have broken a rule: disqualify somebody from something: · Three athletes were disqualified from the championships after failing drugs tests.disqualify somebody from doing something: · He was fined £500, and disqualified from holding any political office.

► bar

to forbid someone from entering a place or taking part in an activity, especially because they have done something wrong: · Sorry, you can't come into this club - you're barred.be barred from doing something: · The fans were barred from ever attending football matches in England again.bar somebody from doing something: · In 1903 the New York School Board barred married women from teaching.

when someone is forced to leave their job► lose your job

· After she lost her job, she got more and more depressed and started drinking heavily.· Many people won't complain about pay and conditions because they're terrified of losing their jobs.

► fire

also dismiss formal to make someone leave their job, especially because they have done something wrong: · He was just impossible to work with, and in the end they fired him.· Harris was caught stealing, and was dismissed immediately.· You're fired!fire/dismiss somebody for something: · She was fired for serious professional misconduct.fire from: · When Max was fired from his job the whole family had to pack up and leave town.· A New York art teacher who refused to take part in the daily flag ceremony was dismissed from her post.

► sack somebody/give somebody the sack

British to make someone leave their job, for example, because they are not good enough at it, they are no longer needed, or they have done something wrong: · We can't really give him the sack just because he's unpopular.sack somebody for something: · He was sacked for being drunk in the office.get the sack (=be sacked): · He had the good luck to work in an old family firm when nobody ever got the sack.

► lay off

to make workers, especially workers in a large factory or organization, leave their jobs, because there is not enough work for them to do, or not enough money to pay their wages: lay off somebody/lay somebody off: · 3000 car workers have been laid off at the factory in Cleveland.

► make somebody redundant

British to make someone leave their job, and usually pay them some money to do so, because they are no longer needed: · At least 2,000 computer programmers have been made redundant in the past year.· We lost our home when my husband was made redundant five years ago.

► redundancy

British a situation in which someone has to leave their job, and is usually paid some money to do so, because they are no longer needed by their company: · These redundancies are necessary for the company to be able to survive.· The board are planning a restructuring which could mean hundreds of redundancies.voluntary redundancy (=when a company asks workers if they want to leave their jobs, and offers to pay them money to do so): · We hope to achieve staffing cuts through voluntary redundancy and a freeze on recruitment.

► suspend

to make someone leave a job or organization temporarily, either as a punishment for doing something wrong, or while the organization tries to find out whether they have done something wrong or not: · Two senior officials have been suspended on full pay pending a second internal inquiry.suspend from: · The Police Department has suspended six officers from duty while they investigate claims of fraud and corruption.

► give somebody (their) notice

to tell someone that they must leave their job, either immediately or in a week, a month etc: · The company are planning to close down, and we've all been given two weeks' notice.· In the course of restructuring, over half the workforce were given their notice.

► relieve somebody of their duties/post

if someone with an important official job is relieved of their duties or post , their job is taken away from them, especially for a short time because people think they have done something very bad and this is being checked: · The Chief Inspector has been relieved of his duties pending another investigation by fellow officers.· The authorities have decided to relieve the professor of his post at the university until further notice, after complaints were made by one of his female students.

to make something stop happening or continuing► stop

to make someone stop doing something, or make something stop happening: · The referee stopped the fight when one of the boxers was badly injured.· It is now time to stop the war and begin negotiations for peace.· Officials are planning to take court action to stop publication of the book.stop somebody doing something: · I gave my little brother some chocolate to stop him crying.

► put an end to

to stop something, especially so that it never starts again: · An injury like this could put an end to her dancing career.· The outbreak of war put an end to their romance.

► bring to an end

to finally and permanently end something that has continued for a long time: bring something to an end: · A treaty was signed which finally brought the conflict to an end.bring to an end something: · There are calls for the Prime Minister to bring to an end the uncertainty about the election date.

► halt

to make something stop changing, developing, or progressing: · The government is determined to halt the trade in illegal animal furs.· All his efforts had failed to halt the increase in street crime.

► call off

to decide that a planned action or activity should be stopped after it has already started: · The union decided to call off the strike when they were offered a 10% pay rise.· The meeting was called off at the last minute.· The hunt for the missing boy had to be called off because of severe weather conditions.

► cut short

to stop an activity earlier than was planned, especially because of something unexpected such as illness or bad news: · She was forced to cut short her holiday and return to the UK.· His education was cut short when his father died of a sudden illness.

► abort

to stop an action that has been started, because it would be too dangerous to continue: · The mission was aborted after news came of the capture of the city.· The plane had already started its descent when the pilot received orders to abort his landing.

► suspend

to officially order that something should be stopped, when you intend to let it start again at a later time: · We have decided to suspend all production at the factory until safety checks can be carried out.· All pay increases are to be suspended until further notice.· The trial was suspended after threats were made against witnesses.

► pull the plug on

informal to stop giving money to a plan or planned business activity so that it cannot continue: · The city council has pulled the plug on the new housing development.· Over 1000 workers lost their jobs when the company pulled the plug on plans to open ten new stores.

► freeze

to keep prices or wages at the same level and not increase them: · The company has announced that it intends to freeze all salaries for a year.· All government employees have had their salaries frozen at last year's levels.

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► suspend aid

(=officially stop aid from continuing, usually for a short time)· Canada will be suspending aid until democracy is restored.

► suspend the constitution

(=stop it from continuing, usually for a short time)· The army suspended the constitution and formed a military government.

► a suspended sentence

(=one which someone will serve only if they commit another crime)· Her attacker got a two-year suspended sentence.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► indefinitely

· She was suspended indefinitely, leaving it open for her to practise again if an appeal succeeds.· But equally we can not, should not and will not indefinitely suspend the democratic process.· On May 16 the trial was suspended indefinitely because of demonstrations taking place outside the courthouse.

► over

· In the centre of the room a large, asymmetric pod was suspended over an engineering pit.

► temporarily

· Search operations had to be suspended temporarily at one stage while the roof was demolished because of the danger of it falling in.· The United States demonstrated its displeasure by temporarily suspending diplomatic relations.· They take the cracking of the house market for an aberration, as if the very laws of nature had been temporarily suspended.· All my inner processes seemed to be suspended temporarily while my brain struggled with the facts.· In early November the Bank had temporarily suspended funding after protests by environmental groups.· The genre romance allows readers to temporarily suspend reality and enjoy the fantasy without jeopardizing their lives in the real world.· In an effort to contain the disease and prevent its spread, our rights to rights of way are temporarily suspended.

NOUN► action

· Throughout the dispute, unpaid ambulance staff suspended for their action remained at their posts in order to provide emergency cover.

► aid

· Mrs Ogata suspended the aid on grounds the warring parties were playing politics with people's lives.· The United States suspended military and economic aid, but such support had been worth only US$16,400,000 in 1990.· They also asked francophone countries to suspend all forms of aid if the government refused to comply with their demand.· The Clinton administration was right to suspend planned land-reform aid in response to the recent violence.

► air

· Suddenly he is suspended in the air, between two whirring propellers.· How was that possible, a kite suspended in the air, without an anchor?

► constitution

· Fujimori suspended the constitution and dissolved the judiciary.· Husayn suspended the constitution, declared martial law, banned all political parties and arrested hundreds of politicians.· Caving in to army pressure, he suspended the constitution and dissolved Congress.

► court

· The National Citizens' Coalition has obtained a court order suspending the limits imposed on private citizens represented by the coalition.· Took his ex-wife to court for suspending his maintenance payments.

► days

· Cauthen was suspended for four days for excessive use and for hitting Witness Box.· He was suspended for two days last year, after banging two of his classmates' heads together.· Station management subsequently suspended him for two days -- as punishment for bringing his kids!

► decision

· Commenting on the incident, Nguza said that it confirmed him in his decision to suspend the conference.· Industry executives said it was the union that broke off talks, but Wells said the decision to suspend negotiations was mutual.

► disbelief

· From the very beginning, therefore, witnesses to the operations and players within them suspended their disbelief.· We know that advertisers have a vested interest in their power to suspend our disbelief.· So astonishing are the anecdotes, so bizarre the characters, that eventually the reader has to suspend a truckload of disbelief.· If you want to suspend disbelief, you probably can.· Dauntless found it hard to maintain his belief, or indeed suspend his disbelief, in what he was doing.· What if we could summon up the willingness and wisdom to suspend our disbelief?· At this point you have to suspend disbelief and take your faith in your hands.· Talk about asking the audience to suspend disbelief.

► duty

· In total nine verdicts have already been reversed and 13 police officers have been suspended from duty.· The eight were subsequently suspended from their duties and forbidden to leave the southern city of Sucre, the legal capital.· Ramdoo was suspended from duty, the home was placed under independent control and the case progressed slowly to court.· He was suspended from duty and then, in November, found guilty of gross misconduct.· He was suspended from duty after alleged irregularities during a fraud and drugs investigation in Milton Keynes five years ago.· A junior officer was suspended from duty following the May 12 incidents.

► flight

· Some suspended flight display monitors also crashed to the floor.

► games

· And striker David Kelly, whose sending-off was the flashpoint of the battle, will not be suspended for any League games.· Magic Johnson is fined $ 10, 000 and suspended three games for bumping referee Scott Foster.· Celtic's Mike Galloway will be suspended for four games, starting on 3 April, after being booked against Rangers.· As punishment, he has been suspended for five games, with pay.· Anyone who makes fun of Sheldon Kennedy should be suspended for 10 games.· He was suspended for six games last season for assaulting his former girlfriend, dragging her down three flights of stairs.· Dennis Rodman is fined $ 20, 000 and suspended six games for head-butting referee Ted Bernhardt.

► government

· Several legislators have urged the government to suspend the controversial value-added tax that was extended to cover service industries.· Five months later, the Maharashtra government suspended work, contending the project was too expensive.

► job

· The school's Principle, David Alston was suspended from his job.· Meili was suspended from his job and hired a lawyer to pursue his case.· It means Miss Chase will remain suspended from her job.· Mr Hewitt has been suspended from his job at Parklands.

► law

· In theory, logging was suspended by law in January 1990, but it is reported to be continuing apace.· The Florida Bar wants to suspend his law license.· I was asked why we can not suspend the law, and I have explained why that would not be possible.· Hammore to suspend the law of gravity?

► licence

· The board may suspend a licence where there is default in carrying out the order.

► license

· The Florida Bar wants to suspend his law license.

► month

· Both Mr Evans and Mr Morgan were suspended for three months.· The presenters have been suspended for three months.· Both were suspended for 18 months.

► negotiation

· The two sides yesterday suspended negotiations for as much as a week.· For example, management might suspend all negotiations about pay and conditions until employees agree to work normally during the bargaining.· Industry executives said it was the union that broke off talks, but Wells said the decision to suspend negotiations was mutual.· But when the Bush administration took office, it suspended negotiations while conducting the policy review.· Robert Dole and Speaker Newt Gingrich, suspended budget negotiations yesterday after about 50 hours of face-to-face talks.

► office

· But in 1579 Price was suspended from his office by Star Chamber for forgery.· These incentives had been suspended before Collor took office in March 1990 but reportedly reactivated in January 1991.

► operation

· The share price was pared by confirmation it will suspend operations of its subsidiary Priority Wireless.

► order

· The Front subsequently suspended a general strike order issued on June 6.· Many have suspended or cancelled orders for new planes.

► pay

· They were immediately suspended on full pay pending a full inquiry.· Kyle was suspended with pay in February as part of the VitaPro contract investigation.· Twenty-eight ambulance control officers in the London area were suspended without pay yesterday for refusing to cover for colleagues taking industrial action.· Kyle has been suspended with pay during the VitaPro investigation.· Two senior officials have been suspended on full pay pending a second internal inquiry.· Creffield was suspended on full pay until his conviction, whereupon he was dismissed with three months' notice.· For example, management might suspend all negotiations about pay and conditions until employees agree to work normally during the bargaining.

► payment

· On 3 October 1745 Drummond was forced to suspend payments - allegedly because he supported the Jacobite rebellion.· Eurotunnel suspended interest payments on its debts in October, 1994.· Berlin suspended cash payments on 13 July and imposed exchange controls two days later.· What Fokker dreads most is that it would have to suspend payments.· Took his ex-wife to court for suspending his maintenance payments.

► policy

· If you want to suspend this policy you must send your certificate of motor insurance back to us.

► power

· The court then has wide powers to revoke or suspend the approval, or give directions as to further meetings.· We know that advertisers have a vested interest in their power to suspend our disbelief.· It has the power to suspend or expel them from college.· A new power to suspend sentences of imprisonment was added by Jenkins, at the instigation of the judiciary.

► sentence

· His defence counsel contended that a suspended sentence would enable Chemouil to pay compensation to the victim.· Pleading no contest to charges of improper handling of a firearm and reckless driving, Metcalf drew a suspended jail sentence.· He received a five-year suspended sentence.· Six months later, he was let off with a suspended sentence.· Jeanson received an 18-month suspended sentence for trying to justify murder.· A new power to suspend sentences of imprisonment was added by Jenkins, at the instigation of the judiciary.· Two were let off with warnings; the remaining six were given suspended sentences of one to two years.

► state

· M systems to suspend admissions throughout the state while officials studied the ruling.

► week

· For he was suspended for five weeks for careless riding.· Aid flights have been suspended for a week after fighting near the city's airport yesterday continued to block flights.· One engineering firm had so many applications for time off that it warned absentees they would be suspended for three weeks.· On June 21 the plenary conference was suspended ahead of three weeks of committee-level meetings.· Keith Barr and Charlie Redmond, sent off in the drawn game, were suspended for four weeks.

► worker

· The move was signalled last week and, true to their promised response, management suspended the workers involved in the disruption.

VERB► agree

· He would not agree to suspend drilling but he gave an assurance that work would not re-commence until Wednesday.

► decide

· Members of the Darlington duty solicitors scheme have unanimously decided to suspend all court and 24hour duty until April 3.· Those at the Nasdaq who monitor trading will decide whether to suspend trading case by case, Peterson said.· It was significant that Tsongas decided to suspend rather than terminate his campaign, as it underlined the doubts which remained concerning Clinton.

PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► suspend judgment► suspend disbelief

At this point you have to suspend disbelief and take your faith in your hands.
Faculties of agriculture may be less important than faculties of planning and community development and the facility to suspend disbelief.
If you want to suspend disbelief, you probably can.
Talk about asking the audience to suspend disbelief.

► be suspended in something

Clinging to it and looking at the projecting ledge above him, Bigelow felt as if he were suspended in mid-air.
I was suspended in a vast loneliness as pure and cruel as the sky.
If the fish is suspended in open water with no obstacles around, the lines are smooth curves.
Knight was suspended in January for two weeks without pay and removed from her job.
Last week training flights were suspended in areas along the East Coast.
Sound Diffusion ordinary shares were suspended in December at 22p and the group asked its bankers to appoint a receiver.
That stopped when three officers denounced it as illegal, and were suspended in consequence.
Wrangling After years of wrangling, the contract was suspended in 1992.

WORD FAMILYnounsuspensionverbsuspend