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moratorium

/mawr-uh-tawr-ee-uhm, -tohr-, mor-/US // ˌmɔr əˈtɔr i əm, -ˈtoʊr-, ˌmɒr- //UK // (ˌmɒrəˈtɔːrɪəm) //

暂缓执行,暂缓期,暂缓,暂停期

Related Words

reprieve缓刑,赦免,缓和,缓刑期pause暂停,停顿,暂停一下,顿了顿halt停住,停顿,停止,驻足postponement延期,推迟,延迟,延期付款freeze冻结,冻住,冷冻,凝固delay延迟,拖延,拖延时间,延误ban禁止,禁令,禁忌,取缔truce休战,停战,休战协议,休战状态deferment延期,延期付款,缓期执行,递延adjournment休会,休庭,休会期,休会期间breather呼吸器,呼吸机,吸气机,吸气器break突破,休息,断裂,断respite喘息,休养生息,暂休,喘息之机abeyance暂时搁置,搁置,暂缓,暂缓执行downtime宕机时间,停工时间,停工期,停工stay逗留,保持,逗留时间,留five五,五个,五位,五名grace period宽限期,宽限时间,宽限期,优待期breathing spell呼吸法术,呼吸法则,呼吸咒语,呼吸咒

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural mor·a·to·ri·a [mawr-uh-tawr-ee-uh, -tohr-, mor-], /ˌmɔr əˈtɔr i ə, -ˈtoʊr-, ˌmɒr-/, mor·a·to·ri·ums.

    • : a suspension of activity: a moratorium on the testing of nuclear weapons.
    • : a legally authorized period to delay payment of money due or the performance of some other legal obligation, as in an emergency.
    • : an authorized period of delay or waiting.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounsuspension
Synonyms
ban禁止,禁令,禁忌,取缔delay延迟,拖延,拖延时间,延误freeze冻结,冻住,冷冻,凝固halt停住,停顿,停止,驻足pause暂停,停顿,暂停一下,顿了顿postponement延期,推迟,延迟,延期付款reprieve缓刑,赦免,缓和,缓刑期truce休战,停战,休战协议,休战状态abeyance暂时搁置,搁置,暂缓,暂缓执行adjournment休会,休庭,休会期,休会期间break突破,休息,断裂,断breather呼吸器,呼吸机,吸气机,吸气器deferment延期,延期付款,缓期执行,递延downtime宕机时间,停工时间,停工期,停工five五,五个,五位,五名respite喘息,休养生息,暂休,喘息之机stay逗留,保持,逗留时间,留abeyancy滥用,滥用职权,滥用权力,滥用情况breathing spell呼吸法术,呼吸法则,呼吸咒语,呼吸咒grace period宽限期,宽限时间,宽限期,优待期

Examples

  • It also doesn’t weigh in on the merits of the technology or whether there should be a global moratorium.

  • That’s putting nearly 10 million households below the poverty line at risk, according to Carbon Switch, a home energy efficiency firm that analyzed unemployment insurance claims in states without a shut-off moratorium.

  • Microsoft, Amazon and IBM have all announced discontinuations or moratoriums of their face recognition products.

  • He issued a shelter-in-place order and two executive orders on evictions after that, including one on March 27 that he described as an eviction moratorium.

  • Landlords can’t charge fees, penalties or interest on any unpaid rents accrued during the moratorium.

  • It was the moment that led Ryan to order a moratorium on the death penalty in Illinois.

  • In 2011, Illinois extended the moratorium begun under Governor Ryan into a full ban on capital punishment.

  • His Democratic challenger, Tom Wolf, has promised to issue a moratorium on executions if elected.

  • Most Pennsylvanians now support a moratorium on capital punishment until its efficacy can be determined.

  • Alongside Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking, he founded the Moratorium Campaign, an anti-death penalty effort.

  • With the end of the moratorium on November 4, it may be said that the crisis produced by the outbreak of war was over.

  • The first break in the pattern of nuclear testing came in 1958, when the nuclear powers agreed to a 1-year test moratorium.

  • But the moratorium was necessary, and he hoped it would lead to a very different Amending Bill.

  • An amusing incident arising out of the moratorium came to light in the course of a lawsuit.

  • In France the moratorium and immunity from taxation gave a fillip to recklessness.

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