suspense
noun /səˈspens/
/səˈspens/
[uncountable]- a feeling of worry or excitement that you have when you feel that something is going to happen, somebody is going to tell you some news, etc.
（对即将发生的事等的）担心；焦虑；兴奋；悬念 - a tale of mystery and suspense
一个神秘莫测、充满悬念的故事 - Don't keep us in suspense. Tell us what happened!
别让我们心老悬着了，告诉我们出了什么事！ - I couldn't bear the suspense a moment longer.
这样提心吊胆，我一刻也受不了了。
- Don't look at the end of the book yet—you'll break the suspense.
不要急着看书的结尾，那样就没有悬念了。 - I don't get the results till next week, and the suspense is killing me.
我要到下个星期才能得到结果，真把我急死了。 - I suffered agonies of suspense in silence.
我默默地忍受焦急等待的苦痛。 - They were kept in suspense about joining the expedition for several weeks.
他们焦急地等待了好几个星期，不知道能否参加探险。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- nail-biting
- unbearable
- genuine
- …
- break
- spoil
- build
- …
- be killing somebody
- film
- movie
- story
- …
- suspense about
- a state of suspense
- keep somebody in suspense
- leave somebody in suspense
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词源late Middle English: from Old French suspens ‘abeyance’, based on Latin suspensus ‘suspended, hovering, doubtful’, past participle of suspendere, from sub- ‘from below’ + pendere ‘hang’. - a tale of mystery and suspense