名詞 moratorium:

1. a legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged
2. suspension of an ongoing activity

mor.a.to.ri.um

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 mor.a.to.ri.ums 或 mor.a.to.ri.a [-tôr.ô-…, -tôr.-]
Law
【法律】
An authorization to a debtor, such as a bank or nation, permitting temporary suspension of payments.
延緩償付：對(duì)于借款人，例如一個(gè)銀行或國(guó)家，允許暫時(shí)延緩償還借款的授權(quán)
An authorized period of delay in the performance of an obligation.
延緩償付期：在履行法律義務(wù)時(shí)法律所允許的延緩期限
A suspension of an ongoing or planned activity:
活動(dòng)中止：持續(xù)的或計(jì)劃好的活動(dòng)的暫停：
例句：
a moratorium on the deployment of a new weapon.
暫停一種新型武器的部署

來(lái)源：
From Late Latin [neuter of] mor3tôrius [delaying] * see moratory
源自 后期拉丁語(yǔ) [] mor3tôrius的中性 [延緩] *參見(jiàn) moratory