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moth.ball objHmBW7bC:l, $5mB:W7bB:lv [T usually passive]to stop work on an idea, plan or job, but leaving it in such a way that you can start on it again at some point in the future封存,保藏It's a good idea Ms Jones, but I'm afraid we're going to have to mothball it until next year at the earliest.琼斯小姐,这是个好主意,但恐怕我们不得不先将它封存起来,最早也得到明年。The six coal pits were mothballed in the hope that they could be reopened in a time of better economic conditions.这六个煤矿坑被封存,希望它们能在经济条件更好的时候重开。
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