embargo

禁輸、通商禁止

ある国との貿易や、その国への特定商品の販売を禁じる公的な措置。

やさしい英語で： An official rule stopping trade with a country or the sale of particular goods to it.

• The trade embargo lasted five years.
• Several countries called for an arms embargo.
• The government lifted its embargo on food exports.

使い方： embargo on something (The government imposed an embargo on oil exports.); embargo against someone/something (The embargo against the country lasted several years.)

類義語： trade ban

よく使う表現： trade embargo, arms embargo, embargo on something

報道解禁前の公開禁止、情報公開禁止

指定された時刻までは情報を公開してはいけないという、一時的な決まり。

やさしい英語で： A temporary rule preventing information from being published before a particular time.

• The results are under embargo.
• Journalists received the report under embargo until noon.
• One website broke the embargo by publishing early.

使い方： under embargo until a time (The report is under embargo until Friday morning.); embargo on something (The publisher placed an embargo on early reviews.)

類義語： publication ban

よく使う表現： under embargo, news embargo, embargo on publication

出港禁止

船が港から出ることを禁じる政府の命令。

やさしい英語で： A government order preventing ships from leaving a port.

• The embargo kept ships in port.
• Captains waited for the government to lift the embargo.
• An embargo on departures left several vessels stranded.

使い方： embargo on something (The authorities placed an embargo on all ships in the harbour.)

よく使う表現： embargo on ships, port embargo, lift an embargo

禁輸する

ある国との貿易や、その国への特定商品の販売を公的に禁じる。

やさしい英語で： To officially stop trade with a country or the sale of certain goods to it.

• The government embargoed oil exports.
• Several countries agreed to embargo military equipment.
• Will they embargo all trade with that country?

使い方： embargo something (The government decided to embargo arms sales to the region.)

類義語： ban, prohibit

よく使う表現： embargo oil exports, embargo arms sales, embargo trade

公開を差し止める、報道解禁を待たせる

決められた時刻まで、文書や情報の公開を禁じる。

やさしい英語で： To forbid the publication of a document or information until a particular time.

• They embargoed the report until Friday.
• The university embargoes research announcements before their official release.
• Why was the document embargoed for so long?

使い方： embargo something until a time (They embargoed the announcement until Monday.)

類義語： withhold

よく使う表現： embargo a report, embargo the results, embargo a document