moratorium
noun- moratorium (on something)
a temporary stopping of an activity, especially by official agreement 暂停，中止（尤指经官方同意的） The convention called for a two-year moratorium on commercial whaling. 会议呼吁两年内暂停商业捕鲸活动。 The government has called for a moratorium on weapons testing. 政府已要求暂停武器试验。 He announced a moratorium on the building of new power stations. 他宣布暂停建设新发电站。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- six-month
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Word Originlate 19th cent.: modern Latin, neuter (used as a noun) of late Latin moratorius ‘delaying’, from Latin morat- ‘delayed’, from the verb morari, from mora ‘delay’.