(pl. -oes)
1- an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country禁止贸易令; 禁运：
an embargo on grain sales
禁止谷物销售令
an arms embargo
武器禁运。
1.1
- an official prohibition on any activity禁令。
1.2
- historical an order of a state forbidding foreign ships to enter, or any ships to leave, its ports〈史〉封港令：
an embargo laid by our Emperor upon all vessels whatsoever.
我国皇帝所下的禁止一切船只的封港令。
1.3
- archaic a stoppage, prohibition, or impediment〈古〉阻止; 禁止; 障碍。
(-oes, -oed)with obj.
1
- （一般作 be embargoed）impose an official ban on (trade or a country or commodity)对（贸易, 国家, 商品）实行禁运：
the country has been virtually embargoed by most of the non-communist world.
该国实际上遭到了大多数非共产主义国家的禁运。
1.1
- officially ban the publication of禁止出版：
documents of national security importance are routinely embargoed.
涉及国家安全的文件照例不得出版。
2
- archaic seize (a ship or goods) for state service〈古〉征用（船只, 货物）。
词源
early 17th cent.: from Spanish, from embargar 'arrest', based on Latin in - 'in, within' + barra 'a bar'.