mothball 英 [ˈmɒθbɔ:l]   美 [ˈmɔθbɔl]

mothball

mothball  英 [ˈmɒθbɔ:l] 美 [ˈmɔθbɔl]

n. 樟脑丸,卫生球  vt. 封存  adj. 后备的;封存的 

进行时:mothballing  过去式:mothballed  过去分词:mothballed  第三人称单数:mothballs  名词复数:mothballs 

In 1994, under the "Agreed Framework, " the international community agreed to supply North Korea with light-water nuclear reactors on condition it mothball its plutonium-based atomic program. 1994年,在“框架协议”的基础上,国际社会同意提供朝鲜轻水核反应堆,条件是封存其以钚为基础的核计划。
The decision to mothball the shuttle fleet has not come without criticism, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden noted. 美国宇航局局长Charles Bolden提到,将航天飞机封存的举动并非没有批评。

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  • n. 樟脑丸,卫生球
  • vt. 封存
  • adj. 后备的;封存的
  • 1. In 1994, under the "Agreed Framework, " the international community agreed to supply North Korea with light-water nuclear reactors on condition it mothball its plutonium-based atomic program.

    1994年,在“框架协议”的基础上,国际社会同意提供朝鲜轻水核反应堆,条件是封存其以钚为基础的核计划。

  • 2. The decision to mothball the shuttle fleet has not come without criticism, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden noted.

    美国宇航局局长Charles Bolden提到,将航天飞机封存的举动并非没有批评。

  • 3. Where exactly the mothball smell came from was one of those mysteries.

    究竟樟脑球的味道从何而来还真是个迷。

  • mothball (n.) also moth-ball, moth ball, "naphthalene ball stored among fabrics to keep off moths," 1891, from moth + ball (n.1).
  • mothball (v.) 1902 in a literal sense (to store away with mothballs), from mothball (n.); figurative sense from 1901.
moth·ball / ˈmɒθbɔːl ; NAmE ˈmɔːθbɔːl / noun , verb mothball mothballs mothballed mothballing noun a small white ball made of a chemical with a strong smell, used for keeping mothsaway from clothes 卫生球;樟脑丸 IDIOM in ˈmothballs stored and not in use, often for a long time (长期)封存;(长期)搁置 verb [usually passive ] mothballsth to decide not to use or develop sth, for a period of time, especially a piece of equipment or a plan 封存;搁置不用 The original proposal had been mothballed years ago. 最初的建议多年前就束之高阁了。 SYN shelve moth·ball / ˈmɒθbɔːl ; NAmE ˈmɔːθbɔːl /
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