a·bey·ance /əˈbeəns/ 名詞 不可數
中止, 擱置, 緩辦
a·bey·ance /əˈbeəns/ 名詞
機能停頓, 停止活動, 潛態
A·bey·ance n.
1. Law Expectancy; condition of being undetermined.
Note: ☞ When there is no person in existence in whom an inheritance (or a dignity) can vest, it is said to be in abeyance, that is, in expectation; the law considering it as always potentially existing, and ready to vest whenever a proper owner appears.
2. Suspension; temporary suppression.
Keeping the sympathies of love and admiration in a dormant state, or state of abeyance. --De Quincey.
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abeyance
n : temporary cessation or suspension [syn: suspension]