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 was the first approval from the mainland regulator since September, when Beijing imposed a moratorium on listings.
这是自去年9月中国内地暂停新股上市以来，监管机构首次批准新股发行。
Canada has already announced a unilateral moratorium.
加拿大已单方面宣布了一个允许暂缓还债的计划。
Can you believe it? Beijing has imposed a moratorium on new foreign films.
你能相信吗？北京暂缓了所有海外电影的上映档期。
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。
"The broad federal moratorium stands in the way of energy exploration and production," he said.
他说：“联邦政府的广泛禁令阻碍了能源的勘探和生产”。
We recommended a moratorium on two particular kinds of experiments.
我们建议暂禁两种特殊的实验。
Earlier this year, the WTO found the EU had operated a de facto moratorium on GMO products, breaking global trade rules.
今年初，世贸组织发现，欧盟对转基因产品采取了事实上的禁令，从而违反了世界贸易规则。
Remember when he refused a request by Siemens to take a stake in Areva, the French nuclear group, simply because Germany had imposed a moratorium on nuclear power.
别忘了，他曾拒绝西门子（siemens）收购法国核能集团阿海珐（areva）部分股权的请求，只因为当时德国暂停了核能开发。
Only nine licences were issued until a moratorium last year.
在去年被叫停之前，政府仅签发了9张许可证。
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。