Suspense

(noun.) an uncertain cognitive state; 'the matter remained in suspense for several years'.

(noun.) excited anticipation of an approaching climax; 'the play kept the audience in suspense'.

(noun.) apprehension about what is going to happen.

手打:奥斯伯特

• Suspense is irksome, disappointment bitter. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• And he too waited in the magical steadfastness of suspense, for her to take this knowledge of him as he had taken it of her. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Beth hurried on in a flutter of suspense. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Papa felt so acutely--you know you are not strong, and there must have been such terrible suspense to go through. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Suspense was the devil, and he could not think why Leinster bothered at all about going to Spain unless he really had some such intention. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Suspense was insufferable; so I ventured to send my servant to inquire when the family were expected in London. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• There was a moment of awful suspense as the procession waited for the Honourable Samuel Slumkey to step into his carriage. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Such events are very interesting, but the suspense of them cannot last long. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Your suspense is nearly ended, my darling; he shall be restored to you within a few hours; I have encompassed him with every protection. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• If I could but know one thing, what a burden of suspense would be lifted from my shoulders! 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• It was the second in Mr. Micawber's week of suspense. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Margaret could not bear the sight of the suspense, which was even more distressing to her father than to herself. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• He may be coming now, and to meet him will save some minutes of suspense. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• The suspense seemed to have taken a new lease, and to have begun afresh from a recent date. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Of late it had been easy enough for me to look sad: a cankering evil sat at my heart and drained my happiness at its source--the evil of suspense. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.

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