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in abeyance
collocation
formal
not happening or not being used at present:
Hostilities between the two groups have been in abeyance since last June.自去年6月份以来，双方一直处于休战状态。
His normal cheerfulness was in marked abeyance.
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abeyance
Officials said his application was in abeyance because he had submitted incorrect paperwork.
The company had acquired the land and had expressed its intent to put a store there, although those plans were in abeyance during this period.
There are plans afoot to merge the county's schools, although the scheme has been put in temporary abeyance following opposition from parents and teachers.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Pauses & interludes
abeyance
adjournment
asynchronously
break
break-journey
caesura
comfort stop
hiatus
hold something in abeyance
interlude
intermission
interval
lapse
non-continuous
one-stop
pause
plateau
postponement
respite
suspension
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