embargo

Word family

em·bar·go1 /ɪmˈbɑːɡəʊ $ -ˈbɑːrɡoʊ/ noun (plural embargoes) [countableC]

an official order to stop trade with another country 贸易禁令；禁运 SYN boycott, sanctions

embargo on/against

an embargo on wheat exports

小麦出口禁令

an embargo against the country

对该国的贸易禁令

impose/lift an embargo (=start or end one) 实行/取消贸易禁令

Many allies are pushing to lift the embargo.

许多盟国在努力推进取消贸易禁令。

trade/arms/oil etc embargo 贸易/武器/石油等禁运

n COLLOCATIONS

verbs

place/impose an embargo on something (=start an embargo)

The UN imposed an embargo on trade with the military regime.

lift/end an embargo (=stop an embargo)

Britain favours lifting the embargo on humanitarian grounds.

break an embargo (=trade with a country illegally when there is an embargo)

It has been almost impossible to stop countries breaking the embargo.

tighten an embargo (=make an embargo stricter and more difficult to break)

We are taking further action to tighten the embargo.

ADJECTIVES/NOUN + embargo

a complete/total embargo

There is a complete embargo on arms sales to governments that violate human rights.

a strict embargo (=one that must be obeyed)

The new measures include a strict embargo on fuel.

a trade embargo

The EU has threatened to impose a trade embargo on the US.

an economic embargo (=one that does not allow any trade or financial business with a country)

He asked for an immediate end to the economic embargo imposed last year.

an arms embargo (=one that stops weapons being sold or sent to a country)

Ministers knew that the arms embargo was being broken.

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.

Examples from the Corpus

embargo• an embargo on British beef• The government has imposed an arms embargo on countries involved in international terrorism.• It was past midnight and the embargo had gone.• Kenneth Haley, an economist for Chevron, supported lifting the embargo on principle but said both sides have exaggerated the impact.• There was a relaxation of the American trade embargo.• At the same time, international interests would like to ease the sanctions regime, particularly the trade embargo.

impose/lift an embargo• This was a great mistake, because in 1973 the Arabs did impose an embargo and made it stick.