suspend
verb uk/səˈspend/ us/səˈspend/
(STOP)
C1 [ T ]停止，暂停，中止
to stop something from being active, either temporarily or permanently
The ferry service has been suspended for the day because of bad weather. 因为天气恶劣，渡船已经停开了。
The country's president has suspended the constitution and assumed total power. 总统废除了宪法，独揽大权。
When you go to the theatre, you have to be willing to suspend disbelief (= to act as if you believe that what you are seeing is real or true, although you know that it is not). 去戏院看戏时你得对剧情深信不疑。
I'm suspending judgment (= not forming an opinion) on the book I'm reading until I've finished it. 把书读完之前我不会作任何评价。
Mr Young was given a six-month jail sentence, suspended for two years (= if he commits another crime within two years, he will have to go to prison for six months for his original crime). 杨先生被判监禁6个月，缓期2年执行。
B2 [ T ]（因犯错而）暂令停职；暂令停学；暂令停止参加活动
If someone is suspended from work, school, etc., they are temporarily not allowed to work, go to school, or take part in an activity because of having done something wrong.
She was suspended from school for fighting. 她因为打架而被勒令停学。
He was suspended for four games after arguing with the referee. 跟裁判发生争执之后，他被停赛4场。
- More examples
- Hostilities were suspended during the talks.
- When he suspended the constitution and dissolved Congress, he had the imprimatur of the armed forces.
- Flights were suspended pending an investigation of the crash.
- It was bedlam at the football ground after the match was suspended.
- Flights to Paris were suspended.
(HANG)
[ T usually + adv/prep ]悬挂
to hang
The builders worked on wooden platforms, suspended by ropes from the roof of the building. 建筑工人站在用绳子从房顶上吊下来的木制平台上作业。
It was very uncomfortable lying on the hospital bed with my legs suspended in the air. 我躺在医院的病床上，腿悬吊在半空，难受极了。
[ T usually + adv/prep ]悬浮，漂浮
If small pieces of solid material are suspended in a gas or a liquid, they hang or float in the gas or liquid.
The drug is suspended in a saline solution. 这种药悬浮在生理盐水中。
A cloud of smoke was suspended in the air. 空中飘浮着一团烟雾。