sanction是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 an official order, such as the stopping of trade, that is taken against a country in order to make it obey international law -- 制裁

  • Many nations have imposed sanctions on the country because of its attacks on its own people. 由於該國發生了對本國人民施暴，許多國家都對其進行制裁。

  • Trade/economic sanctions will only be lifted (= stopped) when the aggressor nation withdraws its troops. 只有侵略國撤軍，貿易／經濟制裁才會解除。

  • Without realistic sanctions, some teachers have difficulty keeping order in the classroom. 沒有切實可行的處罰措施，有些教師難以維持課堂秩序。

• 1 approval or permission, especially formal or legal -- （尤指正式或法律認可的）批准，許可

  • They tried to get official sanction for the plans. 他們想使計劃獲得正式批准。

• 2 to formally give permission for something -- 批准，認可，准許

  • The government was reluctant to sanction intervention in the crisis. 政府不願意批准對危機加以干預。