Embargo



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.禁运令, 封港令
• ［英］ n.禁运令, 封港令 ( a legal prohibition on commerce)
• ［类］ quarantine : contagion ( contact) / embargo : commerce ( 隔离防止传染 / 禁运防止贸易)
• ［记］ em+bar ( 阻挡) +go -> 阻拦 ( 船等) 进入 -> 禁运令

Webster Collegiate

I. noun (plural -goes)

• Etymology: Spanish, from embargar to bar, from Vulgar Latin *imbarricare, from Latin in- + Vulgar Latin *barra bar
• Date: 1593
• 1. an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports
• 2. a legal prohibition on commerce <a trade embargo>
• 3. stoppage, impediment; especially prohibition <I lay no embargo on anybody's words — Jane Austen>
• 4. an order by a common carrier or public regulatory agency prohibiting or restricting freight transportation

II. transitive verb (-goed; -going)

• Date: 1755
• to place an embargo on

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