• n. 暫停，中止；[金融] 延期償付

來自拉丁語morari,延遲，詞源同demur.引申詞義暫停，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.

眾議院投票表決將核試驗暫停一年。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The convention called for a two-year moratorium on commercial whaling.

會議呼吁兩年內暫停商業捕鯨活動。

來自《權威詞典》

3. The government has called for a moratorium on weapons testing.

政府已要求暫停武器試驗.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. We recommended a moratorium on two particular kinds of experiments.

我們建議暫禁兩種特殊的實驗.

來自辭典例句

5. A moratorium or reparations payments emerged soon after the bank began operations.

在銀行開始營業后不久,就發生了賠款支付的延期償付.

來自辭典例句