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.
实用例句
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。
来自柯林斯例句
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。
来自《权威词典》
3. The government has called for a moratorium on weapons testing.
政府已要求暂停武器试验.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. We recommended a moratorium on two particular kinds of experiments.
我们建议暂禁两种特殊的实验.
来自辞典例句
5. A moratorium or reparations payments emerged soon after the bank began operations.