n.暫停；延期償付；延期償付期間

The government has called for a moratorium on weapons testing. 政府已要求暫停武器試驗(yàn)。

The convention called for a two-year moratorium on commercial whaling. 會(huì)議呼吁兩年內(nèi)暫停商業(yè)捕鯨活動(dòng)。

A moratorium or reparations payments emerged soon after the bank began operations 在銀行開始營(yíng)業(yè)后不久，就發(fā)生了賠款支付的延期償付。