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suspension

noun
 
🔊/səˈspenʃn/
🔊/səˈspenʃn/
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  1.  
    [uncountable, countable] suspension (from something) the act of officially removing somebody from their job, school, team, etc. for a period of time, usually as a punishment暂令停职（或停学、停赛等）
    • suspension from school暂被停学
    • The two players are appealing against their suspensions.这两名运动员请求取消对他们的停赛处罚。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • Another caution will result in his automatic suspension from the final.如果再受到一次警告，他就会被自动停赛，无缘决赛。
    • The athlete could face a lengthy period of suspension if found guilty.如果被判有罪，这名运动员可能面临长期禁赛。
    • a detective under suspension from his job被停职的警探
    • He incurred a suspension on reduced pay.他受到了降薪停职处分。
    • He is serving a one-match suspension.他正在接受停赛一场的处罚。
    • He received a five-day suspension.他受到了停职 5 天的处分。
    Topics Educationc1
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    [uncountable, singular] the act of delaying something for a period of time, until a decision has been taken暂缓；推迟；延期
    • These events have led to the suspension of talks.这些事件导致谈判延期。🔊🔊
    • Many movies require the viewer to engage in a willing suspension of disbelief.许多电影要求观众自觉自愿将不信任暂时撇开。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • temporary
    • lengthy
    • long
    • …
    verb + suspension
    • give somebody
    • impose
    • order
    • …
    preposition
    • under suspension
    • suspension for
    • suspension from
    • …
    phrases
    • a period of suspension
    • suspension of disbelief
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  3. [uncountable, countable] the system of springs, etc. by which a vehicle is supported on its wheels and that makes it more comfortable to ride in when the road surface is not even（车辆减震用的）悬挂系统
    • the front/rear suspension前/后悬架
    • The new model is fitted with computer-controlled suspension.新型号安装了数控悬架。
    Topics Transport by car or lorryc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • front
    • rear
    • active
    • …
    verb + suspension
    • be fitted with
    • have
    suspension + noun
    • system
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  4. [countable, uncountable] (specialist) a liquid with very small pieces of solid matter floating in it; the state of such a liquid悬浮液；悬浮
    • The suspension was passed through a filter to separate out the solid particles.悬浮液经由过滤器将其中的固体颗粒分离出来。
    • The material carried in suspension by the tide is deposited on the shore.潮水所携带的悬浮物沉积在岸上。
    Topics Physics and chemistryc2
    5. see also suspend
    Word Originlate Middle English: from French, or from Latin suspensio(n-), from the verb suspendere, from sub- ‘from below’ + pendere ‘hang’.