n.[C][U]

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

   该国对所有进口品实行禁运。

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

   禁止与某国通商

3. 禁止，阻止
   lay an embargo on free speech

   箝制言论自由

vt.

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

   他们禁止那些船只出入港口。

2. 禁运（货物）；禁止（买卖等）
3. 征用（船只、物资）

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.