C2the feeling of excitement or nervousness that you have when you are waiting for something to happen and are uncertain about what it is going to be悬念,焦虑,担心
She kept him in suspense for several days before she said that she would marry him.她让他焦急难耐地等了好几天,才告诉他愿意嫁给他。
The suspense is killing me (= I am extremely eager to know what is going to happen).真是急死我了。
There is a gradual build-up of suspense throughout the film, until it comes to an unexpected ending.这部电影自始自终悬念在一步步加深,最后的结局很出人意料。
ADJECTIVE | VERB + SUSPENSE | SUSPENSE + VERB | SUSPENSE + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤nail-biting, unbearable扣人心弦的/無法忍受的懸念➤genuine, real真正的懸念VERB + SUSPENSE➤break, spoil打破/破壞懸念◇Don't look at the end of the book yet-you'll spoil the suspense.不要急着看書的結尾,那樣就沒懸念了。➤build, build up, create, generate增強懸念;製造懸念;產生懸念▸➤stand忍受焦慮◇She couldn't stand the suspense a moment longer.她急得一分一秒也等不了。SUSPENSE + VERB➤be killing sb (informal) 懸念把某人急死◇I don't get the results till next week, and the suspense is killing me.我要到下個星期才能得到結果,真把我急死了。SUSPENSE + NOUN➤film, movie, story, thriller懸疑片;懸疑小說;懸疑驚悚片PREPOSITION➤suspense about關於⋯的懸念◇They were kept in suspense about joining the expedition for several weeks.他們焦急地等待了好幾個星期,不知道能否參加探險。PHRASES➤a state of suspense焦急的狀態▸➤keep sb in suspense, leave sb in suspense使某人焦急等待◇Don't keep us in suspense-did you get the job or not?別賣關子了,你得到那份工作沒有?