Suspense is a state of excitement or anxiety about something that is going to happen very soon, for example about some news that you are waiting to hear.
例句
The suspense over the two remaining hostages ended last night when the police discovered the bullet ridden bodies.隨著昨晚警方發現了彈痕累累的尸體，人們對剩余兩名人質的擔心也終告結束。...a writer who holds the suspense throughout her tale.使故事從頭到尾充滿懸念的女作家
PHRASE
(故意)使著急，使焦慮
If you keep or leave someone in suspense, you deliberately delay telling them something that they are very eager to know about.
例句
Keppler kept all his men in suspense until that morning before announcing which two would be going...開普勒讓所有的下屬都焦急地等待著，直到那天上午才宣布哪兩個人去。'Go on, don't leave us in suspense,' Dennis said.丹尼斯說：“接著說，別吊我們胃口了。”
英漢詞典釋義
n.
懸念，懸而未決；不確定；掛念，牽掛
The suspense was unbearable.這樣提心吊膽的狀況實在叫人受不了。a novel loaded suspense懸疑小說keep sb. in suspense讓某人擔心掛念，讓某人處于緊張狀態
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. apprehension about what is going to happen
2. an uncertain cognitive state;
"the matter remained in suspense for several years"