moratorium

• n. 暂停，中止；[金融] 延期偿付

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