embargo

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ɪmˈbɑːɡəʊ/    美 /ɪmˈbɑɹɡoʊ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port.
  2. A ban on trade with another country.
    — Instead he [Jefferson] proposed an embargo, an end to all trade between America and England.
  3. A temporary ban on making certain information public.
    — This copy of the federal budget is under embargo until 2 p.m.
  4. A heavy burden or severe constraint on action or expenditure.
    — They were delighted with the idea of their mamma having forgiven Louisa, but sorry, she thought, such a public proof of her pardon necessary as that of giving a party; for the sisters well knew how great an embargo it would lay on the purses of Helen and Georgiana;...
动词 v.
  1. To impose an embargo on trading certain goods with another country. transitive
  2. To impose an embargo on a document. transitive
    — Embargoed until after first reading in Parliament

词形变化

embargoes plural embargos plural embargoes present,singular,third-person embargoing participle,present embargoed participle,past embargoed past

词汇关系

衍生词
Bat-embargo counterembargo embargoist preembargo

词源

词源 1
From Spanish embargar (“to arrest”), from late Latin *imbarricāre (“to bar”), from Latin in- + Vulgar Latin *barra (“bar, barrier”).
词源 2
From Spanish embargar (“to arrest”), from late Latin *imbarricāre (“to bar”), from Latin in- + Vulgar Latin *barra (“bar, barrier”).
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