0 to stop something from being active, either temporarily or permanently -- 停止,暫停,中止
The ferry service has been suspended for the day because of bad weather. 因為天氣惡劣,渡船已經停開。
The country's president has suspended the constitution and assumed total power. 總統廢除憲法,獨攬大權。
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). 去戲院看戲時,你得對劇情深信不疑。
I'm suspending judgment (= not forming an opinion) on the book I'm reading until I've finished it. 在把書讀完之前,我不會對它作出任何評價。
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). 楊先生被判監禁六個月,緩刑兩年執行。
He was suspended for four games after arguing with the referee. 跟裁判發生爭執之後,他被禁賽四場。
1 to hang -- 懸掛
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.
An ordinary industrial robot hanging over the workcell suspended by an iron portal takes care of hexapod translocations.
Verbal collaboration also emerged when musical communication was suspended or broke down.
But in the case of a forced option suspending judgment is practically equivalent to not believing.