embargo
US: /ɛmˈbɑɹɡoʊ/
UK: /ɛmbˈɑːɡəʊ/
UK: /ɛmbˈɑːɡəʊ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
embargo /em'bɑ:gou/
- danh từ, số nhiều embargoes
- lệnh cấm vận
- sự đình chỉ hoạt động (một ngành buôn bán)
- sự cản trở
- ngoại động từ
- cấm vận
- sung công (tàu bè, hàng hoá...)
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun (plural embargoes) ~ (on sth) an official order that forbids trade with another country: an arms embargo + an embargo on arms sales to certain countries + a trade embargo against / on certain countries + to impose / enforce / lift an embargo
+ verb (embargoes, embargoing, embargoed, embargoed) [VN] to place an embargo on sth: There have been calls to embargo all arms shipments to the region.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 restraint, block, blockage, bar, ban, stoppage, cessation, proscription, prohibition, interdiction, check, restriction, barrier; hindrance, impediment:
The government placed an embargo on the export of oil.
v.
2 restrain, block, bar, ban, stop, cease, proscribe, prohibit, interdict, check, restrict, hold back, prevent; hinder, impede, retard, hold up:
They may embargo oil shipments in case of war.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
complete, strict, total | selective | international | economic | arms, oil, trade
VERB + EMBARGO
impose, place, put | enforce, tighten | lift
The government has agreed to lift the embargo imposed ten years ago.
| break, violate
We knew the arms embargo was being broken.
PREP.
~ against
the international embargo against the country
| ~ on
a strict embargo on oil imports
Concise English dictionary
embargoes|embargoed|embargoingem'bɑːgəʊ
noun
+a government order imposing a trade barrier
verb
+ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons
+prevent commerce
