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
- 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。 - 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。 - Your plan is in abeyance.
你的计划暂缓实行。 - For example, if a trust fund is to be given to a child once he or she finishes college, the funds are said to be in abeyance until the goal is reached.
例如，如果一个信托基金，是为了给孩子一旦他或她完成大学，这些资金说是暂时搁置，直到实现这个目标。 - 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。 - If the other party the amount is too high, the real estate company's pawn business was left to be held in abeyance.
如果另一方的数额过高，房地产公司的典当业务是留给被搁置。 - The issues of US currency legislation and the so-called currency wars – international tension over exchange rates had been in abeyance this year.
此前，美国汇率立法和所谓的汇率战争（围绕汇率的国际紧张）今年一直处于搁置状态。 - 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。 - The contract of employment is put temporarily into abeyance.
雇佣契约暂行中止。 - 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。