embargo: [16] Something that has been embargoed has been literally ‘placed behind bars’ (compare EMBARRASS). The word comes from Vulgar Latin *imbarricāre, which was formed from the Latin prefix in- ‘in’ and Vulgar Latin *barra (source of English bar). This passed into Spanish as embargar ‘impede, restrain’, and its derived noun embargo was borrowed into English. => bar, barrier
embargo (n.)
"order forbidding ships from certain other nations from entering or leaving a nation's ports," 1590s, from Spanish embargo "seizure, arrest; embargo," noun of action from embargar "restrain, impede, arrest, embargo," from Vulgar Latin *imbarricare, from assimilated form of in- "into, upon" (see in- (2)) + *barra (see bar (n.1)). As a verb, from 1640s. Related: Embargoed.
双语例句
1. Britain was signalling its readiness to have the embargo lifted.
英国表示愿意取消贸易禁令。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The ship was impounded under the terms of the UN trade embargo.
该船因触犯联合国贸易禁运条款而被扣押。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The embargo won't hurt us because we're used to going without.
禁运不会对我们有妨害，因为我们已经习惯了没有供应的日子。
来自柯林斯例句
4. The embargo would only hurt innocent civilians.
