moratorium

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌmɒ.ɹəˈtɔː.ɹɪ.əm/|/ˌmɔː.ɹəˈtɔː.ɹɪ.əm/    美 /ˌmɔ.ɹəˈtɔ.ɹi.əm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An authorization to a debtor, permitting temporary suspension of payments.
  2. A suspension of an ongoing activity.
    — Canada may put a moratorium on cloning for research.
  3. A period of delay granted to someone, especially an adolescent or young adult, during which they are not yet required to take on adult obligations or make permanent commitments; an extended phase of identity exploration.

词形变化

moratoriums plural moratoria plural

词汇关系

近义词
interruption recess
衍生词
postmoratorium
相关词
moratory

词源

New Latin from Late Latin morātōrium, noun use of the neuter of morātōrius (“moratory, delaying”), from Latin moror (“to delay”), from mora (“delay”), from Proto-Indo-European *mere (“to delay, hinder”). See also moratory.
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