abeyance

英 [əˈbeɪəns]

美 [əˈbeɪəns]

n.  （土地）所有权等的未决，未定，待定; 暂停，暂缓，暂搁，中止

GRE化学

BNC.19462 / COCA.29581

习惯用语

n.

in abeyance
• 搁置；暂停使用；暂时中止
  not being used, or being stopped for a period of time

柯林斯词典

• PHRASE 搁置;悬而未决;暂停使用
  If something isin abeyance, it is not operating or being used at the present time.
  1. The threat is likely to remain in abeyance until next year's meeting in Reykjavik.
     这一威胁很可能会一直存在下去，直至明年的雷克雅未克会议。
  2. The matter was left in abeyance until Haig saw French.
     事情被搁置了起来，直到黑格见到法国人。

英英释义

noun

• temporary cessation or suspension
  Synonym:suspension

双语例句

• To understand, the mind must be still; the activities of knowledge must be in abeyance.
  要了解，头脑必须安静；知识的活动必须停止。
• But if the quantity present in measure exceeds a certain limit, the quality corresponding to it is also put in abeyance.
  但如果某一质量统一体或尺度中的量超出了某种界限，则和它相应的质也就随之被扬弃了。
• One force counteracts another: vital force keeps the chemical laws of matter in abeyance; and muscular force can control the action of physical force.
  一个武力对抗另一：重要力量保持法律的化学物质暂时搁置；和肌肉力量也无法控制的行动，身体力量。
• If the other party the amount is too high, the real estate company's pawn business was left to be held in abeyance.
  如果另一方的数额过高，房地产公司的典当业务是留给被搁置。
• The judge held the question in abeyance until he had the information necessary to make a decision.
  法官在得到可供断案的资料前，先搁置此案。
• I'm afraid that our new pension scheme will have to go into abeyance until the present depression is over.
  我们的津贴方案，恐怕要搁置到目前这经济萧条结束之后才能实施。
• My report of resignation was fall into abeyance without sake.
  我的辞职报告无缘无故被搁置了。
• For a long time in that vast region, this law was in abeyance.
  有很长一段时间，在这片辽阔土地上，这一法律未得到实施。
• The mind should be normally in abeyance& incessant activity is a morbid state.
  头脑正常地处于搁置，时刻不休的活动是种病态的状态。
• The contract of employment is put temporarily into abeyance.
  雇佣契约暂行中止。