英:[ə'beɪənt]
美:[ə'beɪənt]
英:[ə'beɪənt]
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词根:abeyant
n.abeyance 中止,停顿;归属待定,暂搁
noun
a state of temporary inactivity : suspension—used chiefly in the phrase in abeyancea plan that is currently being held 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 lapse in succession during which there is no person in whom a title is vested
an estate in abeyance
无主
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 *batāre, perhaps of imitative origin) + -ance -ance
The first known use of abeyance was circa 1530
abioticadjective
not living or composed of living things
water and rock are abiotic
ability1 of 2noun
the quality or state of being able : power to do something
competence in doing : skill
natural or learned skill
-ability2 of 2noun suffix
ability, fitness, or likeliness to act or be acted on in (such) a way
readability
abhorverb
to shrink from in disgust
abhorverb
to shrink from in disgust
abhorrentadjective
causing or deserving strong dislike
not agreeable : contrary
a notion abhorrent to their beliefs
abhorverb
to shrink from in disgust
abeyancenoun
a temporary interruption of activity
plans held in abeyance
1 We stood, abeyant, ready to receive what shock fate should administer.
2 Touring the pits with Ahlum was like visiting the abeyant ghosts of my childhood.
3 Peerages of Ireland, extinct and abeyant, alphabetically, according to Titles.
4 The wild romanticist, the lover of the strange and the lurid and the grotesque who created the "Symphonic Fantastique," never, perhaps, became entirely abeyant.
5 He was what was called at Hintock "a solid-going fellow;" he maintained his abeyant mood, not from want of reciprocity, but from a taciturn hesitancy, taught by life as he knew it.
6 "What do you think of it, Mrs. Stager?" she called to the woman standing respectfully abeyant at one side.
7 our weekend plans were held in abeyance until we could get a weather forecast
8 Cuba could no longer compete when Fidel Castro banned professional baseball in 1961, and the series went into abeyance.
9 And Chinese titles have come to dominate the country’s own theatrical and streaming markets to such a point that the long-standing import quotas may have fallen into abeyance.
10 Chutkan has formally held the case in abeyance despite Smith’s attempts to nudge it along in hopes of getting Trump convicted before Election Day.
11 Humidity, with an ability to create discomfort that can be hard to quantify, seemed in abeyance.
12 The plea will be held in abeyance for three years, at which time the charge will be entered as a Class A misdemeanor as long as Paul abides by the terms of her the plea agreement, according to court documents.
13 However, the Senate will hold this article in abeyance and take up the other allegations first.
14 Last week, the former Utah star entered a plea in abeyance in his last open case.
15 That's not to say any new solution would have arisen in the Marvell-Elaine district or that the petitioners would get their requisite signatures to hold the law in abeyance until November 2024.