moratorium

英 [,mɒrə'tɔːrɪəm] 美[,mɔrə'tɔrɪəm]

GRE低频词畅通词汇

复数: moratoriums; moratoria;

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。

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。

3. The government has called for a moratorium on weapons testing.: 政府已要求暂停武器试验.

4. We recommended a moratorium on two particular kinds of experiments.: 我们建议暂禁两种特殊的实验.

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.