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moratorium n.暂停；延期偿付；延期偿付期间 (1) 政府已要求暂停武器试验。(2) 会议呼吁两年内暂停商业捕鲸活动。(3) 在银行开始营业后不久，就发生了赔款支付的延期偿付。 Generally, moratoriums go into effect when something becomes seen as being not okay for now, but might go back to being okay later. After the water fountain started to burble up green sludge, the principal put a moratorium on drinking any water at school until the fountains were fixed and the water tested.

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英 [ˌmɒrə'tɔːriəm] 美 [ˌmɔːrə'tɔːriəm] (1) The government has called for a moratorium on weapons testing.(2) The convention called for a two-year moratorium on commercial whaling.(3) A moratorium or reparations payments emerged soon after the bank began operations. A moratorium is the suspension of a particular activity––you could have a moratorium on fishing, baking, the use of candles, the wearing of matching socks. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词](行动或活动的)暂停，中止 A moratorium on a particular activity or process is the stopping of it for a fixed period of time, usually as a result of an official agreement.   [usu sing]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。

英语单词	moratorium
英美音标	英 [ˌmɒrə'tɔːriəm] 美 [ˌmɔːrə'tɔːriəm]
中文释义	n.暂停；延期偿付；延期偿付期间
英语例句	(1) The government has called for a moratorium on weapons testing. (2) The convention called for a two-year moratorium on commercial whaling. (3) A moratorium or reparations payments emerged soon after the bank began operations.
中文例句	(1) 政府已要求暂停武器试验。 (2) 会议呼吁两年内暂停商业捕鲸活动。 (3) 在银行开始营业后不久，就发生了赔款支付的延期偿付。
vocabulary简明	A moratorium is the suspension of a particular activity––you could have a moratorium on fishing, baking, the use of candles, the wearing of matching socks.
vocabulary扩展	Generally, moratoriums go into effect when something becomes seen as being not okay for now, but might go back to being okay later. After the water fountain started to burble up green sludge, the principal put a moratorium on drinking any water at school until the fountains were fixed and the water tested.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词](行动或活动的)暂停，中止 A moratorium on a particular activity or process is the stopping of it for a fixed period of time, usually as a result of an official agreement. [usu sing] 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。

Moratorium Water Called Testing Fixed 英 ˌmɒrə'Tɔːriəm] 美 ˌmɔːrə'Tɔːriəm