moratorium暫停,延期償付 a suspension of activity; an authorized period of delay or waiting

Example: a moratorium on the testing of nuclear weapons.  1) Conservationists are calling for a moratorium on fishing to save the bluefin tuna from extinction in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. 保育人士呼籲暫停大西洋和地中海的黑鮪魚捕獵,以免他們絕種. 2) Russia's constitutional court has begun hearings into whether the death penalty can be re-introduced after a 10-year moratorium. 俄羅斯憲法法庭展開聽證會以決定死刑是否能在暫停十年之後恢復.