embargo

An official ban on trade or commercial activity with a particular country; a government order restricting the movement of merchant ships; more broadly, any prohibition or restriction.

• embargoed(adj)被禁运的

• trade embargo
• impose an embargo
• lift an embargo
• arms embargo
• oil embargo
• embargo against

1. 1.The 1973 OPEC oil embargo against Western nations quadrupled oil prices and triggered a global economic crisis. (trade restriction)
2. 2.The US trade embargo against Cuba, in place since 1962, is the longest-running embargo in modern history. (prolonged trade ban)

• sanction/ˈsæŋkʃən/— punitive restriction, often broader than trade
• blockade/blɒˈkeɪd/— physical prevention of trade/movement
• ban/bæn/— official prohibition

from Spanish "embargo" (seizure, restraint) — from "embargar" (to restrain, to impede) — from Latin "imbarricare" (to barricade) — trade barricaded