moratorium

• 名词，指对某项活动、义务或正在进行的过程的暂时停止或正式延期。也指经官方或各方同意的一段暂停期或缓冲期。

A noun referring to a temporary suspension or authorized postponement of an activity, obligation, or ongoing process.

1. Legal postponementC1formallegal

   A legally authorized period of delay before a financial obligation or debt must be paid.

   延期偿付

   • The government declared a moratorium on student loan payments for six months.
   • The court granted a moratorium on the debt repayment until the investigation is complete.
   • A moratorium was placed on foreclosures during the economic crisis.

   同义词defermentdeferraldelaypostponementreprieverespitestaysuspension

2. Suspension of activityC1formal

   A temporary suspension or halt of an ongoing activity, often for review or ethical reasons.

   暂停令

   • The company announced a moratorium on new construction projects until further notice.
   • There is a global moratorium on commercial whaling.
   • The university imposed a moratorium on all research involving human cloning.

   同义词freezehaltpauserespitestandstillstaystoppagesuspension

   反义词continuationprosecutionresumption