单词abeyance
n.: 中止；未定；【法律】(所有权等的)未定；暂时无效
网络: 搁置；暂搁；缓办
搁置；暂停使用；暂时中止:
not being used, or being stopped for a period of time
暂时减退
暂时无效
中止,暂搁,保留,缓议,缓办,停止;未定;【法律】(所有权等的)未定
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。
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。”
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。
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。
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。
The intellect is always held in abeyance by the spirit of reasonableness, and still more by the writer"s artistic sensibility.
理智阶级常被合于情理的精神所压伏，尤其是被作家的艺术的感觉性所压伏，而无从活动。
When the whole melting was complete it was held in abeyance for a few minutes to facilitate the separation of foreign substances.
铸铁完全熔化了，他们让它在承受器停留一会儿，使铁汁里的杂质容易被隔离开来。
With the National Football League (NFL) in a similar state of abeyance, sports fans are becoming well-versed in American labour law.
同时，美国美式橄榄球大联盟（NFL）也处于相似的停摆状态中，这种状况使得球迷们对美国劳动法变得无比熟悉。
If you really grasp the truth of this, then naturally thought is in abeyance.
如果你真正理解了这个真相，那么思想自然就停息了。
Because these grandchildren do not yet exist, the proceeds would be held in abeyance until these children are born.
由于这些孙子不存在，其收益将被搁置，直到这些儿童出生。