moratorium
moratorium 英 [ˌmɒrəˈtɔ:riəm] 美 [ˌmɔrəˈtɔriəm]
n. 暂停，中止；[金融] 延期偿付
名词复数:moratoriums
- A moratorium is the suspension of a particular activity––you could have a moratorium on fishing, baking, the use of candles, the wearing of matching socks.
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- n. 暂停，中止；[金融] 延期偿付
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1. Moreover, it is not clear which fissile material is supposed to be subject to the moratorium.
此外，在“暂停产”概念下，到底指的是停产哪些裂变材料，也不清楚。
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2. I told him that, after I left Arkansas the previous summer, I did some work for the Vietnam moratorium in Washington and in England.
我告诉他，在先前的一个夏天，离开阿肯色州后，我在华盛顿和英国为“暂停越战”运动作了一些工作。
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3. Hansen said he was taking part in the Coventry demonstration tomorrow because he wants a worldwide moratorium on new coal power stations.
汉森说他将参加明天在考文垂的示威活动，因为他希望在全世界范围内暂停新的燃煤电站。
- 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.
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