embargo

1. N-COUNT If one country or group of countries imposes an embargo against another, it forbids trade with that country. 貿(mào)易禁運

The United Nations imposed an arms embargo against the country. 聯(lián)合國對該國施行了武器貿(mào)易禁運。

2. V-T If goods of a particular kind are embargoed, people are not allowed to import them from a particular country or export them to a particular country. 禁止貿(mào)易

The fruit was embargoed. 水果被禁運了。

They embargoed oil shipments to the U.S. 他們禁止了對美國石油船運。