| 单词 | paper blockade |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspaper blockade paper blockade n. chiefly U.S. (now historical) a naval blockade declared but not actually enforced. ΚΠ 1803 Deb. Congr. U.S. 23 Feb. (1851) 129 Paper blockades were substituted for actual ones, and the staple commodities of our country lay perishing in our storehouses. 1862 T. P. Kettell Hist. Rebellion I. 124 [Jefferson Davis] denounced the proclamation of the United States in relation to Southern ports, as a mere paper blockade. 1915 Econ. Jrnl. 25 129 The result..was..only to stimulate the activity of the British Government in issuing Orders in Council, and a war of paper-blockades and ineffective prohibitions of trade followed. 2006 A. Newpower Iron Men & Tin Fish v. 78 Andrews could commit 20 vessels to the defense of the entire East Coast, making even a paper blockade appear substantial by comparison. < as lemmas |
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