mothball

1. N-COUNT A mothball is a small ball made of a special chemical, which you can put among clothes or blankets in order to keep moths away. 樟腦丸; 衛(wèi)生球

2. V-T If someone in authority mothballs a plan, factory, or piece of equipment, they decide to stop developing or using it, perhaps temporarily. 把...束之高閣; 暫停[journalism]

...the decision to mothball the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, for safety and political reasons. ...出于安全和政治原因，暫時關(guān)閉巴丹半島核電廠的決定。