suspend

英 [səˈspend]      美 [səˈspend]
  • vt. 延缓,推迟;使暂停;使悬浮
  • vi. 悬浮;禁赛
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suspend 悬,挂,吊,暂停,中止

sus-,在下,向上,-pend,悬挂,词源同 depend,pendulum.引申词义暂停,中止。

suspend
suspend: [13] To suspend something is etymologically to ‘hang it up’. The word comes via Old French suspendre from Latin suspendere ‘hang up’, a compound verb formed from the prefix sub- ‘up from under’, hence ‘up’, and pendere ‘hang’ (source of English depend, pendent, etc). The metaphorical sense ‘delay’ developed in Latin.
=> depend, pendant, pendulum
suspend (v.)
c. 1300, "to bar or exclude temporarily from some function or privilege;" also "to set aside (a law, etc.), to cause to cease for a time," from Old French sospendre "remove from office; hang up" (12c.), or directly from Latin suspendere "to hang up, kill by hanging; make uncertain, render doubtful; stay, stop, interrupt, set aside temporarily," from assimilated form of sub "up from under" (see sub-) + pendere "cause to hang, weigh" (see pendant). In English, the literal sense of "to cause to hang by a support from above" is recorded from mid-15c. Related: Suspended; suspending.
1. Ministers took the floor to denounce the decision to suspend constitutional rule.
几位部长发言谴责暂停宪制的决定。
2. Both sides in the conflict have agreed temporarily to suspend hostilities.
冲突双方同意暂时停火.
3. We had no alternative but halt [ suspend ] the project at the time.
当时不下马不行.
4. He was compelled by illness to suspend his experiment.
他因病不得不暂时中断实验.
5. Balloons suspend easily in the air.
气球容易浮在空中.

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