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
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.- 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。 - 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。
- The threat is likely to remain in abeyance until next year's meeting in Reykjavik.
英英释义
noun
- temporary cessation or suspension
双语例句
- "No imprisonment without trial" is a principle that goes into abeyance when the nation's security is in danger from terrorists.
当国家的安全受到恐怖分子的威胁时，没有审判便没有监禁这一原则也就停止不用了。 - 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。 - Your plan is in abeyance.
你的计划暂缓实行。 - To understand, the mind must be still; the activities of knowledge must be in abeyance.
要了解，头脑必须安静；知识的活动必须停止。 - 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。 - As of1999 there have been no public reports concerning this program, which may be in abeyance.
但是，自从1999年以来，鲜有这个项目的报道，所以不排除此项目已经暂停的可能。 - The law was held in abeyance for well over twenty years.
这项法律被搁置了二十多年。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。