| 词组 | embargo |
| 释义 | embargo /ɪmˈbɑːɡəʊ $ -ˈbɑːrɡoʊ/ noun an official order to stop trade with another countryadjectives/nouns + embargoa trade embargo The EU threatened to impose a trade embargo.an arms embargo (=that stops weapons being sold or sent to a country) Ministers knew that the arms embargo was being broken.an oil embargo Some Middle Eastern countries were threatening an oil embargo.an economic embargo He asked for an immediate end to the economic embargo.a financial embargo Some countries wanted to tighten the financial embargo on Syria.an international embargo (=one that a group of countries agree to impose together) Under the terms of the international embargo, medical aid can still be flown into the capital.a complete/total embargo also a blanket embargo (=on all of something) There is a complete embargo on arms sales to governments that violate human rights.a partial/selective embargo (=on some things but not others) The partial trade embargo includes limits on exports.a strict embargo There is a strict embargo on arms exports.an air embargo (=stopping aircraft from flying into or out of a country) An air embargo in Iraq was agreed by five members of the Security Council.verbsimpose/place/put an embargo on sth The UN imposed an embargo on trade with the military regime.lift/end an embargo We should lift the embargo because people are suffering.break an embargo also violate an embargo formal (=break the rules forbidding trade) It has been almost impossible to stop countries breaking the arms embargo.tighten an embargo (=make it stricter and more difficult to break) We are taking further action to tighten the embargo.ease an embargo (=make it less strict) The US will ease its trade embargo when there is a ceasefire.prepositionsan embargo on sth The country imposed an immediate embargo on US goods.an embargo against sb The UN ordered an international arms embargo against Iraq. |
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