abeyance

n. 中止, 暂搁, 停止, 归属待定 [化] 潜态

发音

/əˈbeɪ.ən(t)s/
CA

词形变化

abeyances 复数 abeyances

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Expectancy; a condition when an ownership of real property is undetermined; lapse in succession of ownership of estate, or title.

    可数 不可数 法律

    The proceeds of the estate shall be held in abeyance in an escrow account until the minor reaches age twenty-one.

  2. 2.

    Suspension; temporary suppression; dormant condition.

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    Expectancy of a noble or armigeral title, its right in existence but its exercise suspended.

    可数 不可数

    The broad pennant of a commodore first class has been in abeyance since 1958, together with the rank.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

suspension

上位词 3

inaction inactivity inactiveness

下位词 5

recess moratorium cold storage deferral stand-down

相关短语

in abeyance 暂停,未定

词源

First attested in 1528. From Anglo-Norman abeiance (“legal expectation”), from Old French abeance (“desire”) from abeër (“to gape at, aspire after”), abaer, abair (“to desire”), from a (“to”) + baër (“to gape”), bair (“yawn”), from Medieval Latin batō (“to yawn”).

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