The suspension of ferry service during the storm left island residents without a reliable route to the mainland.
暴风雨期间渡轮服务的暂停使岛民失去了通往大陆的可靠路线。
Which choice best defines “suspension”?
A — The act of stopping something temporarily. “suspension” means the act of stopping something temporarily.
Which word means “the act of stopping something temporarily”?
C — suspension. “suspension” means the act of stopping something temporarily.
suspension — the act of stopping something temporarily. In Chinese: 暂停，中止.
suspension is pronounced /səˈspɛnʃən/.
The suspension of ferry service during the storm left island residents without a reliable route to the mainland. (暴风雨期间渡轮服务的暂停使岛民失去了通往大陆的可靠路线。)
pause, postponement, interruption — all close in meaning to suspension (the act of stopping something temporarily).
continuation, resumption — each the opposite of suspension (the act of stopping something temporarily).
Yes. suspension is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.