名词（行动，活动等的）暂停，暂禁; [法]延期偿付权，延缓偿付期

1. 延缓：(2)同一性丧失(foreclosure),指个体没有经过探索就确定了自己的职业和思想观念;(3)同一性扩散(identity diffusion),指既没有确定的职业方向,也不进行探索;(4)同一性延缓(moratorium),指正在努力探索,却还没有确定方向,

2. 冻结;宣布停止还款;延期付款命令：Montreal Stock Exchange 蒙特利尔证券交易所 | Moratorium 冻结;宣布停止还款;延期付款命令 | Mortgage-backed security 有抵押证券

3. 延缓履行：延缓的诉讼stayed actions | 延缓履行moratorium | 延期extension, suspension

1. (行动或活动的)暂停，中止
A moratorium on a particular activity or process is the stopping of it for a fixed period of time, usually as a result of an official agreement.

e.g. The House voted to impose a one-year moratorium on nuclear testing.
众议院投票表决将核试验暂停一年。

noun

1. suspension of an ongoing activity

2. a legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged