今天我們要學(xué)的詞是moratorium。 Moratorium, 是暫停的意思。 "A ten-year moratorium on nuclear testing," 就是十年暫停核實(shí)驗(yàn)。 "Rights group Amnesty International asked India, South Korea and Taiwan to establish a moratorium on the death penalty," 人權(quán)團(tuán)體大赦國(guó)際呼吁印度、韓國(guó)和臺(tái)灣暫停死刑。
為了讓美國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)走出低谷,民主黨總統(tǒng)候選人奧巴馬提出四點(diǎn)計(jì)劃,其中一點(diǎn)是, "Obama is calling for a 90-day moratorium on foreclosures," 奧巴馬建議,90天暫停沒收拖欠貸款的房屋。好的,今天我們學(xué)習(xí)的詞是moratorium...