单词 | embargo |
释义 | embargon. 1. A prohibitory order, forbidding the ships of a foreign power to enter or leave the ports of a country, or native ships to proceed thither, generally issued in anticipation of war. An embargo may also be laid on particular branches of commerce, for fiscal purposes. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > prohibition of entry or departure restraint1449 embarge1574 embargement1599 embargo1602 embarginga1618 embarring1649 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 19v Had not the Imbargo with Spaine..foreclosed this trade. 1758 J. Blake Plan Marine Syst. 33 An embargo..is daily expected. 1808 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 111 The embargo appears to be approved. 1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1868) II. x. 71 The embargo was intended to injure the obedient Provinces and their Sovereign. 2. A suspension of commerce, either general or of some particular branch, imposed by municipal law. Also in phrases: to be under embargo, to lay embargo (on), to take off an embargo. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > [noun] > suspension of trade or commerce embarge1574 embargo1659 1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 235 And lay an embargo of all..ships in the river of Thames. 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 250 Trade was..under a general Embargo. 1803 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) I. 398 In order that they may take off the embargo. 1861 T. E. May Constit. Hist. Eng. (1863) II. xvi. 522 An embargo on the export of provisions. 1868 J. E. T. Rogers Man. Polit. Econ. (1876) xxiii. 25 Unless it place an embargo on the exportation of capital. 3. transferred and figurative. A stoppage, prohibition, impediment. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > prohibition > [noun] > a prohibition forbodea1000 nayc1390 negativec1400 restraint1439 non1551 countermandment1560 countermand1581 estoppel1583 forbid1602 embarment1606 embargo1692 don'ta1826 forbiddance1855 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [noun] > that which lockeOE floodgatec1230 stopc1508 staya1533 snub1581 prevention1584 embarment1606 allay1607 spar1614 counterchecka1616 gag1618 preventivea1639 check1661 preventative1691 embargo1692 closed door1934 policeman1951 block- 1692 E. Walker tr. Epictetus Enchiridion (1737) xiii Thou on thy Feet may'st an Embargo lay. 1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 8 As if Religion had a kind of Imbargo laid upon it. 1824 S. Ferrier Inheritance II. iv. 45 Gertrude..complied with this embargo. 1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate II. ii. 31 An embargo on his prosperity. Compounds embargo act n. U.S. a statute, e.g. that of 1807–8, 1812, and 1813, forbidding the clearing of foreign merchant vessels from any port except by the special permission of the President. ΚΠ 1883 Encycl. Brit. XV. 301/2 Everything prospered until the Embargo Act of 1808, cutting off commerce and the coast trade, struck Maine in a vital point. embargo law n. U.S. = embargo act n. ΚΠ 1809 Repertory (Boston) Jan. 17 The Embargo laws were called O grab me laws. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). embargov. 1. a. To forbid (a vessel) to leave or enter a port; to lay (vessels, trade) under an embargo. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > [verb (transitive)] > impede, restrict, or suspend trade embar1577 spoil1618 embargo1755 tie1817 1755 N. Magens Ess. Insurances II. 31 They may be arrested or embargoed. 1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling i. x. 94 Ship seized and embargoed in the King's name. 1886 Sat. Rev. 22 May 697/2 To have your ships embargoed. b. figurative. To prohibit. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > prohibition > prohibit [verb (transitive)] forwarnc893 warnc893 forbidOE forhightc1315 defendc1325 forfend1382 dischargec1450 prohibit?a1475 bidc1475 withsay1484 fenda1500 abara1504 prohibit1526 debara1529 forbodec1540 exempt1553 forspeak1565 disbar1567 forsay1579 enjoin1589 abjudicate1602 countermanda1616 forjudge1675 restrict1766 oppose1814 fen1823 embargo1824 nix1903 ixnay1937 1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XV xxxv. 22 When Rapp the Harmonists embargoed marriage. 2. To seize, ‘requisition’ (ships or other means of transport, goods) for the service of the state. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > seizing > seize [verb (transitive)] > by (public) authority > for public service embarge1585 press1596 impress1749 embargo1755 1755 N. Magens Ess. Insurances I. 68 If a Ship be embargo'd for the Service of the Potentate in whose Port she is. 1810 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) VI. 529 They must embargo means of transport. 1879 E. Dowden Southey iii. 48 Every carriage..being embargoed for the royal service. 3. To seize, impound, confiscate. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [verb (transitive)] > seize goods seize1482 embarge1585 embar1647 embargo1650 1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada De Bello Belgico vi. 34 Merchants..weere clapt up prisoners, and their Goods..imbargoed. 1803 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 50 I embargoed the likeness for you. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1602v.1650 |
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