abeyance
abeyance — noun
1. a temporary pause or delay in a rule, law, process, or activity that was previou
a temporary pause or delay in a rule, law, process, or activity that was previously active or in use, often with the possibility that it may resume later
The company's expansion plan was kept in abeyance until the market showed signs of recovery.
passive construction: be kept in abeyance (of plans)
Judge Rania put the case in abeyance while the police gathered more evidence.
collocation: put [something] in abeyance
Construction work on the new bridge fell into abeyance when the town ran out of funding.
The old parking restrictions went into abeyance after the shopping centre opened.
Felipe's membership in the club was held in abeyance until he paid the overdue fees.
- suspension
more general term; emphasises the act of stopping something, while abeyance stresses a temporary, unresolved holding pattern
- hiatus
focuses on a break or gap in a sequence; slightly less formal than abeyance
- dormancy
suggests a state of rest or sleep, often used for biological or legal matters; implies potential future awakening
- continuation
the opposite of a pause or halt
- activity
the opposite of inactivity or dormancy
文法句型
hold/keep/put + [something] + in abeyance
fall/go + into abeyance
be + in abeyance
用法筆記
Frequently paired with 'in' as part of fixed prepositional phrases. Common transitive patterns are 'hold/keep/put [something] in abeyance'; common intransitive patterns are 'fall/go into abeyance'.