n.[C][U]

1. 封港令；禁運
   The country has put an embargo on all imports.

   該國對所有進口品實行禁運。

2. 禁止（或限制）買賣
   impose an embargo on commerce with some country

   禁止與某國通商

3. 禁止，阻止
   lay an embargo on free speech

   箝制言論自由

vt.

1. 禁止（船隻）出入港口
   They embargoed those ships.

   他們禁止那些船隻出入港口。

2. 禁運（貨物）；禁止（買賣等）
3. 徵用（船隻，物資）

n.

1. an official ban, especially on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country.
2. historical an order of a state forbidding foreign ships to enter, or any ships to leave, its ports.

v.

1. ban (something) officially.
2. archaic seize (a ship or goods) for state service.