embargo

embargo
[ɛmˈbɑːgəʊ, ɪm-]
(pl. -oes)
  1. an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country
    禁止贸易令；禁运
    an embargo on grain sales.
    禁止谷物销售令。
    an arms embargo.
    武器禁运。
    ■an official prohibition on any activity
    禁令
    ■(historical)an order of a state forbidding foreign ships to enter, or any ships to leave, its ports
    (史)封港令
    an embargo laid by our Emperor upon all vessels whatsoever.
    我国皇帝下的禁止一切船只出入港口的禁令。
    ■(archaic)a stoppage, prohibition, or impediment
    (古)阻止，禁止
(-oes, -oed)
[with obj.]
  1. (一般作 be embargoed)impose an official ban on (trade or a country or commodity)
    对（贸易，国家，商品）实施禁令
    the country has been virtually embargoed by most of the non-communist world.
    实际上，多数非共产主义国家对该国实施了贸易禁令。
    ■officially ban the publication of
    禁止出版
    documents of national security importance are routinely embargoed.
    涉及国家安全的文件照例不得出版。
  2. (archaic)seize (a ship or goods) for state service
    (古)征用（船只，货物）
语源
  1. early 17th cent.: from Spanish, from embargar 'arrest', based on Latin in- 'in, within' + barra 'a bar'
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