| 单词 | embargo |
| 释义 | embargo /em bahr"goh/, n. , pl. embargoes, v. , embargoed, embargoing. n. 1. an order of a government prohibiting the movement of merchant ships into or out of its ports. 2. an injunction from a government commerce agency to refuse freight for shipment, as in case of congestion or insufficient facilities. 3. any restriction imposed upon commerce by edict. 4. a restraint or hindrance; prohibition. v.t. 5. to impose an embargo on. [1595-1605; < Sp, deriv. of embargar to hinder, embarrass < VL *imbarricare, equiv. to im- IM-1 + -barricare (*barr(a) BAR1 + -icare causative suffix)] Syn. 4. ban, restriction, interdiction, postscription. |
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