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

suspendsuspend /səˈspɛnd/ ●●○ AWL verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYsuspend

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

1STOP to officially stop something from continuing, especially for a short time: Sales of the drug have now been suspended.2LEGAL PERMISSION to officially state that a document cannot be used legally for a period of time: His driver’s license has been suspended.3FROM SCHOOL/JOB ETC. to make someone leave school, a job, or an organization temporarily, especially because he or she has broken the rules: suspend somebody (from something) Knight was suspended from her job without pay.4HANG to hang someone or something, especially something heavy, from something else SYN hang: suspend somebody/something from something Two large stainless steel frames were suspended from the ceiling.suspend somebody/something by something The bridge was suspended by wire cables.5be suspended in water/air/space etc. if something is suspended in a liquid or in air, it floats in it without moving much6be suspended in time to seem as if no change or progress has happened after a long period of time: The town seemed suspended in time.7suspend (your) disbelief to forget or allow yourself to forget that something such as a performance, movie, etc. is not real or true → see also suspend/reserve judgment at judgment (1)