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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary em·bar·go
(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
transitive verb (-goed ; -go·ing) DATE 1755 : to place an embargo on English Etymology embargo c.1593, from Sp. embargo "seizure, embargo," noun of action from embargar "restrain impede," from V.L. *imbarricare, from in-"into, upon" + *barra (see bar). Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 embargo em·bargo / im5bB:^Eu; NAmE im5bB:r^ou / noun(pl. -oes) ~ (on sth) an official order that bans trade with another country 禁止贸易令；禁运 SYN boycott :
an arms embargo 武器禁运 an embargo on arms sales to certain countries 禁止向某些国家出售武器的法令 a trade embargo against certain countries 对某些国家的贸易禁运 to impose / enforce / lift an embargo 实行/实施/取消贸易禁令 verb(em·bar·goes, em·bargo·ing, em·bar·goed, em·bar·goed) [VN] to place an embargo on sth 禁止…的贸易；禁运 SYN boycott :
There have been calls to embargo all arms shipments to the region. 曾有人呼吁禁止所有武器运往这个地区。 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English embargo noun ADJ. complete, strict, total | selective | international | economic | arms, oil, trade VERB + EMBARGO impose, place, put | enforce, tighten | lift The government has agreed to lift the embargo imposed ten years ago. | break, violate We knew the arms embargo was being broken. PREP. ~ against the international embargo against the country | ~ on a strict embargo on oil imports OLT embargo noun ⇨ ban Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged em·bar·go I. \ə̇mˈbär(ˌ)gō, em-, -ˈbȧ(\ noun (-es) Etymology: Spanish, from embargar to embargo, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin imbarricare, from Latin im- in- (II) + (assumed) Vulgar Latin -barricare (from barra bar) 1. : an edict or order of the government prohibiting the departure or entry of ships of commerce at ports within its dominions — compare blockade ; see civil embargo, hostile embargo2. : a prohibition imposed by law upon commerce either in general or in one or more of its branches 3. : stoppage , impediment ; especially : prohibition < an embargo against employment of union labor was notoriously one of the chief obstructions to collective bargaining — Felix Frankfurter > 4. : an order that is issued by a common carrier or public regulatory agency and that prohibits the acceptance of all or of specified kinds of freight for transportation on its lines or between specified points or areas because of traffic congestion, labor difficulties, or other reasons II. \“, in pres part “or -gəw\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-es) 1. : to lay or put an embargo on (as ships or commerce); often : to prevent the movement of (as diseased plants or animals) in commerce 2. : to retain or seize for state purposes or under state authority < embargoing all batches of vaccine until the source of contamination could be identified > : requisition |
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