moratorium

英 [ˌmɒr.əˈtɔː.ri.əm]      美 [ˌmɔːr.əˈtɔːr.i.əm]
  • n. 暂停,中止;[金融] 延期偿付
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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。

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.