moratorium
英 [ˌmɒr.əˈtɔː.ri.əm]
美 [ˌmɔːr.əˈtɔːr.i.əm]
记忆“moratorium”这个单词,可以将其拆分为“mo”+“ra”+“tor”+“ium”。想象一个“moratorium”是一个仪式(rite),期间(rate)人们暂时(tor)停止(mo)某些活动,形成了一种中间状态(ium)。这样通过构建一个场景帮助记忆,即“moratorium”是一种临时停止某种活动的正式状态或时期。
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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。
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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.