Vocabulary

sanction

制裁(せいさい)

B2 · Upper-intermediate Useful

Samraworld Dictionary

(1) Noun

A threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule.  Typically sanctions are imposed by a government on another country's government, and are often economic in nature.

法律(ほうりつ)または規則(きそく)違反(いはん)した場合(ばあい)威嚇(いかく)された罰則(ばっそく)通常(つうじょう)制裁(せいさい)政府(せいふ)によって他国(たこく)政府(せいふ)()され、(おお)くの場合(ばあい)本質(ほんしつ)(てき)経済(けいざい)(てき)なものです。

Examples

  1. The sanctions imposed on the government of Russia were very harsh.

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