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

• The contract of employment is put temporarily into abeyance.
  雇佣契约暂行中止。
• The question is in abeyance until we know more about it.
  问题暂时搁置，直到我们了解更多有关情况再行研究。
• 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。
• 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。
• According to early traditions, the Prophet's revelations occurred in a state of trance when his normal consciousness was in abeyance.
  依照早期传统，当他的正常意识被中止的时候，先知的启示以一种出神的状态出现。
• An inheritance is in abeyance when the rightful owner has not been determined.
  如果遗产的合法继承人尚未确定，其所有权也就未定。
• India banned children under the age of 13 from working as domestic servants, but this veto is practised more in abeyance.
  印度禁止13岁以下的儿童当仆人，但这项否决目前仍被搁置。
• From our point of view, having the Eastern treaties in abeyance was exactly the ideal posture.
  从我们的观点看，使东方条约暂被搁置正好是最理想的形势。
• 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 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。