suspense

noun

1. （对即将发生的事等的）担心；焦虑；兴奋；悬念
   a feeling of worry or excitement that you have when you feel that sth is going to happen, sb is going to tell you some news, etc.
   1. a tale of mystery and suspense
      一个神秘莫测、充满悬念的故事
   2. Don't keep us in suspense . Tell us what happened!
      别让我们心老悬着了。告诉我们出了什么事！
   3. I couldn't bear the suspense a moment longer.
      这样提心吊胆，我一刻也受不了了。

1. N-UNCOUNT (对可能发生之事的)兴奋，紧张，担心，挂虑
   Suspense is a state of excitement or anxiety about something that is going to happen very soon, for example about some news that you are waiting to hear.
   1. The suspense over the two remaining hostages ended last night when the police discovered the bullet ridden bodies.
      随着昨晚警方发现了弹痕累累的尸体，人们对剩余两名人质的担心也终告结束。
   2. ...a writer who holds the suspense throughout her tale.
      使故事从头到尾充满悬念的女作家
2. PHRASE (故意)使着急，使焦虑
   If you keep or leave someone in suspense, you deliberately delay telling them something that they are very eager to know about.
   1. Keppler kept all his men in suspense until that morning before announcing which two would be going...
      开普勒让所有的下属都焦急地等待着，直到那天上午才宣布哪两个人去。
   2. 'Go on, don't leave us in suspense,' Dennis said.
      丹尼斯说：“接着说，别吊我们胃口了。”

1. The suspense over the two remaining hostages ended last night when the police discovered the bullet ridden bodies.
   随着昨晚警方发现了弹痕累累的尸体，人们对剩余两名人质的担心也终告结束。
2. Keppler kept all his men in suspense until that morning before announcing which two would be going
   开普勒让所有的下属都焦急地等待着，直到那天上午才宣布哪两个人去。
3. 'Go on, don't leave us in suspense,' Dennis said.
   丹尼斯说：“接着说，别吊我们胃口了。”
4. Stop holding us in suspense.
   别再吊我们的胃口了。
5. This suspense is terrible.
   悬念是可怕的。
6. A very common modification to legendary is when he pauses in the middle to add more suspense.
   一个非常常见的legendary的修饰就是当他故意在中间加上停顿制造更多的悬念。
7. I love mysteries and suspense most of all.
   答：我最喜欢神秘和悬疑类的书。
8. I try to add an element of suspense and mystery to my novel.
   我试图给我的小说增加一点悬念和神秘的色彩。
9. The suspense, hilarity and seduction will keep you sucked in 'till the bittersweet enthralling end.
   悬疑、欢喜和诱惑让你沉浸其中，直到苦乐参半吸引人的的结局。
10. His success as a novelist can be ascribed to the simple formula of sex, violence and suspense.
    作为小说家，他的成功可以归结于性、力和悬念这一简单的公式。
11. I like adventure, excitement and suspense of the movie.
    我喜欢惊险、刺激和悬疑的电影。
12. The play is full of intrigue and suspense.
    这部戏充满了纠葛和悬念。
13. The film was a masterpiece of suspense.
    这部电影堪称悬念影片中的杰作。
14. I can hardly bear the suspense.
    我几乎难以忍受这种焦虑。
15. My suspense was truly painful.
    我的悬念真是很痛苦的。
16. Hurry up and tell me! The suspense is killing me!
    快点告诉我！我都急死了！
17. How many times must I tell you? Don't keep me in suspense!
    我都告诉你多少回了！别让我的心老悬着了好吗？
18. Well, don't keep us in suspense, what did he say?
    好了，别让我们着急了，他说了些什么呀？
19. Her latest film is a suspense thriller very much in the manner of hitchcock.
    她的最新影片是部惊险悬念片，非常类似于希区柯克的风格。
20. Why don't we watch a suspense movie, or maybe a thriller?
    为什么我们不看部悬念片或是惊险片呢？
21. To add an element of suspense and mystery to my novels.
    在我的小说中加一点悬念与神秘色彩。
22. The suspense in his movies is amazing.
    他电影中的悬念让人惊叹不已。
23. I must obey my own,'she replied,` and relieve him from this cruel suspense.
    “我必须服从我自己的父亲，”她回答，“要让他摆脱这个残酷的悬念。
24. It made good use of suspense and not bloody body parts.
    它很好地利用了悬念，而不是血淋淋的肢体。
25. Suspense adds interest to a story.
    故事中的悬疑情节更加引人入胜。
26. All this has left us to a series of suspense.
    这一切都为我们留下来一连串的悬念。
27. It indicates how the effects of suspense, eeriness and horror is established perfectly through the use of irony.
    讨论了作为新批评文论中的结构原则的反讽如何使《鄂》中的悬疑、怪诞、恐怖效果达到极致。
28. Don't keep us in suspense any longer!
    别再让我们着急了！
29. It's full of suspense, emotion and comedy.
    全片充满了悬念、情感和喜剧效果。

noun

1. an uncertain cognitive state
   1. the matter remained in suspense for several years

2. excited anticipation of an approaching climax
   1. the play kept the audience in suspense

3. apprehension about what is going to happen