abeyance

UK:  [ə'beɪəns]

n.

1.中止,暂搁,保留,缓议,缓办,停止;未定;【法律】(所有权等的)未定

2.暂时无效

3.暂时减退

1 . She cupped her hands around the lighter to hold the wind in abeyance and touched his hand to steady it against the bouncing of the truck.
她双手在火苗边上做一个挡风圈，在卡车颠簸中为稳住打火机碰着了他的手。

2 . He also presents evidence that Saddam "had not abandoned the strategy of WMD, merely made a tactical decision to put it into abeyance" .
他还提供证据，表明萨达姆“并未放弃大规模杀伤性武器战略，只是出于权宜之计，将该计划暂时搁置。”

3 . other problems , which had been hanging in abeyance , were brought to her attention for solution.
前一段搁置下来没有处理的问题，也提请她解决。

4 . Her mother had her tutored rigorously in maths in an effort to keep rationality to the fore, and her father's madness in abeyance.
她的母亲在数学方面严格教导她，努力使她凭借理性脱颖而出并摆脱父亲的疯狂秉性。

5 . 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。