moratorium

英 [ˌmɒrəˈtɔːriəm]

美 [ˌmɔːrəˈtɔːriəm]

n.  暂停，中止(尤指经官方同意的)

复数：moratoriums　

GRE法律

Collins.1 / BNC.16731 / COCA.10339

牛津词典

noun

• 暂停，中止（尤指经官方同意的）
  a temporary stopping of an activity, especially by official agreement
  1. 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。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (行动或活动的)暂停，中止
  Amoratorium ona particular activity or process is the stopping of it for a fixed period of time, usually as a result of an official agreement.
  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。

英英释义

noun

• suspension of an ongoing activity
• a legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged

双语例句

• It takes the Mazu belief and the midsummer moratorium system as examples to reveal their implicit sociological essence.
  并以海洋妈祖信仰和伏季休渔制度为例，剖析其后所隐含的社会学本质。
• 79. Earlier this year we imposed a nine-month moratorium on land sales up to March 1999.
  79.今年较早时，我们宣布暂停卖地九个月，至一九九九年三月为止。
• And so congressman, would you favor a moratorium on the federal death penalty?
  所以众议员，你倾向延期执行联邦死刑？
• Hadley called on North Korea to "respect its own moratorium" thursday and return to the six-party talks.
  周四哈德利呼吁朝鲜“尊重自己的核武器搁置计划”并重反（返）六方会谈。
• Obama would also suspend taxes on unemployment benefits and would place a90-day moratorium on home foreclosures.
  奥巴马也将暂停对失业福利征税，并对由于付不出分期贷款而导致房屋被拍卖的家庭实行为期90天的宽限。
• I believe it's a Republican governor who's imposed a moratorium on the death penalty in Illinois.
  我相信一个共和党的州长在伊利诺斯州强行延期死刑的执行。
• That moratorium ended in October. But the government has given very few permits since then.
  这次暂停政策于去年10月结束，但自那时起，政府只批准了少量（深水钻井）许可。
• Bush says he wants Congress to act first in ending its moratorium.
  布什总统说，他希望国会首先采取行动结束这一禁令。
• 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。
• I consider it expedient to announce a moratorium on Russian fulfilment of this treaty until all countries of Nato, without exception, ratify this treaty, he said.
  我认为，俄罗斯宜宣布延期执行这项条约，除非北约所有成员国无一例外地都认可这项条约。