suspense
/səˈspens/noun
mass noun
1
- a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen紧张; 担心：
come on, Fran, don't keep me in suspense!
快点, 弗兰, 别吊我胃口了。
1.1
- a quality in a work of fiction that arouses excited expectation or uncertainty about what may happen（小说中的）悬念：
a tale of mystery and suspense
充满神秘色彩和悬念的故事
as modifier a suspense novel.悬念迭起的小说。
2
- chiefly Law the temporary cessation or suspension of something【主律】暂停; 权利中止。
派生词
suspenseful
adjective词源
late Middle English: from Old French suspens 'abeyance', based on Latin suspensus 'suspended, hovering, doubtful', past participle of suspendere （see SUSPEND）.