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.
The suspense over the two remaining hostages ended last night when the police discovered the bullet-ridden bodies.
昨晚警方发现了布满弹孔的尸体,关于其余两名人质的悬念也随之解开了。
keep someone in suspense
If you keep or leave someone in suspense, you deliberately delay telling them something that they are very eager to know about.
Keppler kept all his men in suspense until that morning before announcing which two would be going.
科普勒让所有的手下陷入了焦急的等待,直到那天早上才宣布哪两个人要去。