moratorium
英 [,mɒrə'tɔːrɪəm]
美 [,mɔrə'tɔrɪəm]
GRE
moratorium 暂停，中止来自拉丁语morari,延迟，词源同demur.引申词义暂停，中止。
- moratorium
- moratorium: see demur
- moratorium (n.)
- 1875, originally a legal term for "authorization to a debtor to postpone payment," from neuter of Late Latin moratorius "tending to delay," from Latin morari "to delay," from mora "pause, delay," from PIE *mere- "to hinder, delay." The word didn't come out of italics until 1914. General sense of "a postponement, deliberate temporary suspension" is first recorded 1932. Related: Moratorial.
- 1. The House voted to impose a one-year moratorium on nuclear testing.
- 众议院投票表决将核试验暂停一年。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The convention called for a two-year moratorium on commercial whaling.
- 会议呼吁两年内暂停商业捕鲸活动。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. The government has called for a moratorium on weapons testing.
- 政府已要求暂停武器试验.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. We recommended a moratorium on two particular kinds of experiments.
- 我们建议暂禁两种特殊的实验.
来自辞典例句
- 5. A moratorium or reparations payments emerged soon after the bank began operations.
- 在银行开始营业后不久,就发生了赔款支付的延期偿付.
来自辞典例句
