| 单词 | sanctions |
| 释义 | sanctions From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsanctionssanctions[plural]PPP official orders or laws stopping trade, communication etc with another country, as a way of forcing its leaders to make political changes → embargosanctions againstUS sanctions against Cubaa resolution to impose sanctions (=start using sanctions) on North Koreathe threat of trade sanctionsThe UN Security Council may impose economic sanctions.Any talk about lifting sanctions (=ending them) is premature. → sanctionExamples from the Corpuseconomic sanctions• Unfortunately, never in contemporary history have economic sanctions felled a regime, no matter how weak.• Finally, the courts have ruled that school boards can impose economic sanctions on teachers who go on strike.• But what enables a state to resist the effects of economic sanctions? |
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