suspension of disbelief

短语

怀疑暂停

词形变化

suspensions of disbelief 复数 suspensions of disbelief

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The acceptance of people, for the sake of appreciation of art (including literature and the like), of what they know to be a nonfactual premise of the work of art.

    怀疑暂停

    暂时搁置怀疑

    不可数

    In science fiction films, suspension of disbelief is essential.

词源

Coined by English poet, literary critic and philosopher Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1817.

来源：wiktionary