moratorium
英 [,m?r?'t??r??m]
美[,m?r?'t?r??m]
- n. 暫停，中止；[金融] 延期償付
GRE低頻詞暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?moratoriums;?moratoria;
中文詞源
moratorium 暫停，中止
來自拉丁語morari,延遲，詞源同demur.引申詞義暫停，中止。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. The House voted to impose a one-year moratorium on nuclear testing.
- 眾議院投票表決將核試驗(yàn)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(nèi)暫停商業(yè)捕鯨活動。
來自《權(quán)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(yàn).
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(shí)驗(yàn).
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(yè)后不久,就發(fā)生了賠款支付的延期償付.
來自辭典例句