學個詞 Learn A Word: 3385 moratorium 暫停，暫緩執(zhí)行

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今天我們要學的詞是 moratorium.

moratorium 的意思是暫停，暫緩執(zhí)行。 In response to President Donald Trump's call for tougher penalties on violent crimes, the U.S. Justice Department lifted a federal moratorium on the death penalty. 美國司法部對特朗普總統(tǒng)要求對暴力犯罪進行更嚴厲處罰做出回應，取消了聯(lián)邦暫停執(zhí)行死刑的規(guī)定。

The WHO issued a statement urging that all countries should not allow any further experiments using Crispr to alter babies' DNA, but stopped short of a full moratorium. 世界衛(wèi)生組織發(fā)表聲明，呼吁各國不再允許使用 Crispr 基因編輯技術(shù)修改人類嬰兒DNA的實驗，但沒有對此全面叫停。