in international diplomacy, 1919, plural of sanction (n.) in the sense of "part or clause of a law which spells out the penalty for breaking it" (1650s).
实用例句
1. The United States plans to tighten the economic sanctions currently in place.
美国计划加大现有经济制裁的力度。来自柯林斯例句
2. America won't countenance any such circumvention of the sanctions.
美国不会赞成任何规避制裁的行为。来自柯林斯例句
3. He expressed his opposition to the lifting of sanctions.
他对解除制裁表示反对。来自柯林斯例句
4. Our corre-spondent has been assessing the impact of the sanctions.
我们的记者一直在评估制裁带来的影响。来自柯林斯例句
5. The new measures are aimed at tightening existing sanctions.
