| 单词 | moratorium |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [`mɔrə'tɔ:riəm] |
| 解释 | n.停止偿付；禁止活动 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 停止偿付(a legal authorization to delay payment of money) 【考】 reprieve : punishment / moratorium : activity / fast : eat(缓刑暂缓刑罚/暂停 暂缓活动/斋戒暂缓进 食) 【记】 mora(延误)+torium; 【同】 参考：moratory(延期 偿付的) 【例】 Let's call a moratorium on the matter.(这件事我们 暂且搁一搁吧) |
| 字源 | 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. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 延缓偿付(允许暂时延缓偿还借款的授权); 延缓活动 【记】mor死, atorium: 让你慢慢死－延缓偿付 【类】reprieve: punishment = moratorium: activity[act] = fast: eat = respite: labor = tourniquet: bleeding缓刑暂缓刑罚 = 暂停暂缓活动 = 斋戒暂缓进食 = 延缓劳动 = 止血绷带延缓出血 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】amortal 分期付款；more at time 更多的在以后时间付，多次付 【相关】moratory 延期偿付的 |
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