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

• 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。
• He said organizers of the conference didn't realize that the moratorium is no longer in place.
  他说，大会的组织者没有意识到暂停授予许可的状态已经结束了。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• A deepwater drilling moratorium is in place and a thoroughgoing review of the regulatory regime is under way.
  白宫已宣布暂停深水钻井，并开始彻底审查监管体制。
• 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。
• 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。