abeyance

　　N. | \ -b-n(t)s \ 暂停，终止，暂缓，暂搁

　　Definition of abeyance

　　1: a state of temporary inactivity : SUSPENSION —used chiefly in the phrase in abeyance

　　… new contracts on all but one existing mine … are in abeyance pending the outcome of a government inquiry to be carried out into Australia's role in the nuclear fuel cycle.

　　— Vimala Sarma

　　a plan that is currently being held in abeyance

　　2: a lapse in succession during which there is no person in whom a title is vested

　　an estate in abeyance

　　Synonyms & Antonyms

　　Synonyms - cold storage, deep freeze, doldrums, dormancy, holding pattern, latency, moratorium, quiescence, suspended animation, suspense, suspension

　　Antonyms - continuance, continuationVisit the Thesaurus for More

　　更多例句

　　our weekend plans were held in abeyance until we could get a weather forecast

　　This is science fiction that keeps its science largely in abeyance, as dark matter for a story about loneliness, grief and finding purpose.— Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2022

　　Three weeks later, Dayspring and his business associates addressed the Board of Supervisors during the public comment period, urging the county to again extend the abeyance.— Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2021

　　Here’s a look at some of the tougher possible penalties that U.S. leaders are holding in abeyance — while watching for new Russian steps against Ukraine.— Ellen Knickmeyer And Fatima Hussein, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Feb. 2022

　　词汇掌故

　　borrowed from Anglo-French abeyaunce "absence of a claimant or owner, lapse in succession," from abaer, abair "to open wide" (from a-, prefix in transitive verbs—from Latin ad- AD- — + baer, baier "to have the mouth wide open, gape, pant," from Vulgar Latin *batre, perhaps of imitative origin) + -ance -ANCE