1 N-UNCOUNT (对可能发生之事的)兴奋，紧张，担心，挂虑 Suspense is a state of excitement or anxiety about something that is going to happen very soon, for example about some news that you are waiting to hear. (对可能发生之事的)兴奋，紧张，担心，挂虑
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The suspense over the two remaining hostages ended last night when the police discovered the bullet ridden bodies.
随着昨晚警方发现了弹痕累累的尸体，人们对剩余两名人质的担心也终告结束。
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...a writer who holds the suspense throughout her tale.
使故事从头到尾充满悬念的女作家
SYN uncertainty, doubt, tension, anticipation
2 PHRASE (故意)使着急，使焦虑 If you keep or leave someone in suspense, you deliberately delay telling them something that they are very eager to know about. (故意)使着急，使焦虑
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Keppler kept all his men in suspense until that morning before announcing which two would be going.
开普勒让所有的下属都焦急地等待着，直到那天上午才宣布哪两个人去。
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'Go on, don't leave us in suspense,' Dennis said.
丹尼斯说：“接着说，别吊我们胃口了。”
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