可以翻译为冷静期、重新考虑期间、等待期。

指争议各方均不采取特定行为的一段期间。与之相关的情形如下：

１在劳动法中，指在工会或公司提出申诉后的一段期间(一般为一个月)内，工会将不举行罢工，公司亦不得解雇工人。

２在买卖法中，买方可以在此期间内取消一项买卖。例如，在美国许多州的制定法中规定，对于送货上门或上门推销而达成的交易，应给予当事人3天时间重新考虑，在此期间，当事人可以取消该项交易。In consumer rights legislation and practice, a cooling-off period is a period of time following a purchase when the purchaser may choose to cancel a purchase, and return goods which have been supplied, for any reason, and obtain a full refund.

３美国的某些州，指在当事人提出离婚诉讼到法院首次开庭审理之间，除一般性的法院延缓时间外，尚须存在的一段自动延缓期间。Divorcing couples will then have to wait for at least another 6 weeks before they can apply for their divorce to be finalised (known as a Decree Absolute). This effectively a 'cooling-off period', but it is put in place at the end of the process, rather than at the start.

４在证券法中，指提出登记申请到登记生效的一段时间，通常不低于20天。Cooling-off-period the period of time between the filing of a registration statement and its effective date. During this time, the SEC is reviewing the registration statement and no sales may take place. The cooling off period is at least 20 days.

以下为相关双语示例，供参考：

Since the transaction price would only be fixed on the day of execution, price fluctuations during the cooling-off period would not cause any investment losses to the investor.

由于投资产品的价格在交易进行当天才厘定，冷静期内的价格波动将不会令投资者蒙受任何投资损失。

If you cancel the policy within the cooling-off period, you will not be entitled to the special bonus credited to your Initial Unit Account.

若您于重新考虑期内取消保单 ，您将不会获得记入您的最初供款户口内的特别赏金。

The Cooling-Off Period and refunds do not apply to Paid-For-Products that are (i) purchased via a third party partner of Skype (please contact the partner directly, who may decide in its sole discretion whether or not to pay a refund), (ii) not directly acquired online from Skype (e.g. vouchers or pre-paid cards) (iii) paid for in cash using third party payment methods (such as a cash payment wallet) and (iv) paid for and allocated to your Skype Account by a Skype Manager administrator. skype.com

冷静期和退款不适用于 以下付费产品：(i) 通过Skype的第三方合作伙伴购买（请直接与该合作伙伴联系，其将自行决定是否支付退款）、(ii) 并非直接从Skype在线获取（例如，通过优惠券或Skype预付卡）、(iii) 通过第三方支付方式使用现金支付（如，现金支付钱包）以及(iv) 由Skype管理器的管理员支付并分配到您的Skype帐户的付费产品。