今日の単語 Embargo

Embargo

1. 今日の単語もニュースでよく聞く単語です。まず例文を見てみましょう。

Joint Call for a Global Arms Embargo on Myanmar (from Human Rights Watch見出し )

Since 1962, the United States has imposed an economic embargo against the island of Cuba, prohibiting travel, trade, and commerce with the communist regime.　(from International Policy Digest)

2. 意味が想像しやすい単語かもしれませんね。では英英辞典の解説をみてみましょう。

an order to temporarily stop something, especially trading or giving information

to officially stop trading with another country

an government order to temporarily stop trading certain goods or with certain countries

3. 次に英和辞典で確認しておきましょう

輸出入の禁止、通商禁止、制限、防止、記事差し止め、出入港の禁止命令、抑留

4．今日は比較的シンプルでした。例文をもう少し追加しますので、印象を強めておきましょう。

Italy Imposes Arms Embargo on Saudi Arabia. Italy has made a decisive decision to permanently halt the sale of arms to Saudi Arabia. The decision is marked as historic by human rights activists around the world. The halt of arms is due to Saudi Arabia’s involvement in the Yemen conflict. (from The Organization for World Peace)

Private security contractor Erik Prince, a close ally of former US President Donald Trump, violated a United Nations arms embargo on Libya, UN investigators have found in a report detailed by US media. (from Aljazeera)

今日の単語は

embargo

でした

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