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单词 embargo
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embargon.

Brit. /ɪmˈbɑːɡəʊ/, /ɛmˈbɑːɡəʊ/, U.S. /əmˈbɑrɡoʊ/, /ɛmˈbɑrɡoʊ/
Forms: Also 1600s imbargo. See also embarge n.
Etymology: < Spanish embargo, noun of action < embargar to arrest, impede, representing a late Latin type *imbarricāre , < in- (see in- prefix1) + barra bar n.1 (Florio has imbargo as Italian.)
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.

Brit. /ɪmˈbɑːɡəʊ/, /ɛmˈbɑːɡəʊ/, U.S. /əmˈbɑrɡoʊ/, /ɛmˈbɑrɡoʊ/
Forms: Also 1600s–1700s imbargo. See also embarge n.
Etymology: < embargo n.
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).
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