suspend

英 [s?'spend] 美[s?'sp?nd]

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第三人稱單數:?suspends;過去式:?suspended;過去分詞:?suspended;現在分詞:?suspending;

suspend 懸，掛，吊，暫停，中止

sus-,在下，向上，-pend,懸掛，詞源同 depend,pendulum.引申詞義暫停，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.: 幾位部長發言譴責暫停憲制的決定。

2. Both sides in the conflict have agreed temporarily to suspend hostilities.: 沖突雙方同意暫時停火.

3. We had no alternative but halt [ suspend ] the project at the time.: 當時不下馬不行.