mothball

常见例句

双语例句

• The decision to mothball the shuttle fleet has not come without criticism, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden noted.
  美国宇航局局长Charles Bolden提到，将航天飞机封存的举动并非没有批评。
• When demand for labour falls, firms want to hang on to them, just as they might mothball an expensive piece of machinery.
  当劳动力需求降低时，公司希望像封存昂贵机械那样留住这些员工。
• Moreover, since nuclear plants are cheap to operate but expensive to mothball, they are often run at full tilt even when demand for power slackens.
  此外，由于运营费用低廉但封存花费甚巨，即便在核能需求增长放缓之际，核电厂通常还是会全力运行。

权威例句

• She hid in the back of closets where mothball gas brought tears to her eyes.
  NEWYORKER: Ziggurat
• It is also hard for airlines to mothball planes they are still paying for.
  ECONOMIST: Airlines in the recession
• The Georgetown factory was able to mothball one of its three painting booths, saving energy and upkeep costs.
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