sanction

noun

1. 制裁
   an official order that limits trade, contact, etc. with a particular country, in order to make it do sth, such as obeying international law
   1. Trade sanctions were imposed against any country that refused to sign the agreement.
      凡拒签该协议的国家均受到贸易制裁。
   2. The economic sanctions have been lifted.
      经济制裁业已取消。
2. （正式）许可，批准
   official permission or approval for an action or a change
   1. These changes will require the sanction of the court.
      这些变更须经法院认可。
3. 制裁；约束；处罚
   a course of action that can be used, if necessary, to make people obey a law or behave in a particular way
   1. The ultimate sanction will be the closure of the restaurant.
      最严厉的处罚将是关闭这家餐馆。

verb

1. 许可；准许；准予
   to give permission for sth to take place
   1. The government refused to sanction a further cut in interest rates.
      政府拒绝批准进一步降低利率。
2. 惩罚；实施制裁
   to punish sb/sth; to impose a sanction(1) on sth

1. VERB (正式)认可，准许，批准
   If someone in authority sanctions an action or practice, they officially approve of it and allow it to be done.
   1. He may now be ready to sanction the use of force...
      他现在可能打算批准使用武力。
   2. He seemed to be preparing to sanction an increase in public borrowing.
      他似乎正准备批准增加公共贷款。
   3. Sanction is also a noun.
      
   4. The king could not enact laws without the sanction of Parliament.
      未经议会批准，国王不能制定法律。
2. N-PLURAL (对某国的)制裁
   Sanctions are measures taken by countries to restrict trade and official contact with a country that has broken international law.
   1. In 1935 the League of Nations imposed sanctions against Italy following its invasion of Ethiopia.
      1935 年国际联盟在意大利入侵埃塞俄比亚之后对其实施了制裁。
   2. He expressed his opposition to the lifting of sanctions.
      他对解除制裁表示反对。
3. N-COUNT 处罚;制裁;惩罚
   A sanction is a severe course of action which is intended to make people obey instructions, customs, or laws.
   1. As an ultimate sanction, they can sell their shares.
      作为最高的处罚，他们可以出售他们的股份。
4. VERB 对…实施制裁;处罚
   If a country or an authority sanctions another country or a person for doing something, it declares that the country or person is guilty of doing it and imposes sanctions on them.
   1. ...their failure to sanction Japan for butchering whales in violation of international conservation treaties.
      对日本违反国际保护条约残杀鲸鱼的行为他们未能进行制裁

1. He may now be ready to sanction the use of force
   他现在可能打算批准使用武力。
2. He seemed to be preparing to sanction an increase in public borrowing.
   他似乎正准备批准增加公共贷款。
3. He expressed his opposition to the lifting of sanctions.
   他对解除制裁表示反对。
4. As an ultimate sanction, they can sell their shares.
   作为最高的处罚，他们可以出售他们的股份。
5. Official sanction has not yet been given.
   尚未获得正式批准。
6. The government gave its sanction to what the society had done.
   协会的工作得到了政府的认可。
7. But the IOC has no power to carry out any type of sanction on Beijing.
   但国际奥委会无权对北京实施任何形式的制裁。
8. I can make the decision to sanction or not during two minutes or less time in case of99%.
   在99%的情况下我都可以在两分钟或更少时间内作出批准与否的决定。
9. The UN imposed economic sanction on the country for it violated the international agreement.
   这个国家违反了国际协议，所以联合国对它进行经济制裁。
10. Having some official authority or sanction.
    拥有某些官方的职权或认可的。
11. We need the sanction of the law to hunt in this place.
    我们在这地方打猎需要有法律的许可。
12. So why not apply a more proportionate sanction?
    那么，我们何不实施一种更为恰当的制裁呢？
13. In certain societies shame was the only sanction against wrongdoing.
    在某些社会中，羞耻曾是做坏事的唯一约束力。
14. The court, in addition, adjudged the defendant a civil sanction fine.
    此外，法院还对被告的违法行为作出罚款的民事制裁决定。
15. The court's sentence is a good sanction on the implementation of the contract.
    法庭的裁决很好地约束了该合同的执行。
16. It is aggrandizement buyer the sanction to the bargainor.
    二是强化买方对卖方的约束力。
17. They refused to sanction segregation.
    他们拒绝支持种族隔离。
18. The ultimate sanction for financial corruption is the death penalty.
    中国针对经济腐败问题的最高处罚是死刑。
19. They were satisfied with this pragmatic sanction.
    他们满足于得到实用上的支持。
20. The said proposal has received the sanction and approval of this Association.
    上述的提案得到协会的批准和赞同。
21. The legal or administrative sanction providing for legal aid panel listing;
    为法律援助名册赋予法律或行政制裁；
22. The procedural sanction is prescribed in Criminal Procedure Law for the punishment to the procedural illegality.
    在刑事诉讼实务中程序违法现象较为严重，一个重要原因是刑事程序性制裁的缺失。
23. Would you sanction flogging as a punishment for crimes of violence?
    你赞许鞭打作为对暴力罪行的一种处罚吗？
24. To prohibit or place under an ecclesiastical or legal sanction.
    禁令禁止或为宗教或法律所禁止。
25. Being not satisfied with the administrative sanction made by the supervisory department and other administrative organization;
    对监察机关以及其他行政机关作出的行政处分决定不服的；
26. Your first act as president is to sanction his torture.
    您作为总统后所做的第一件事情就是批准拷问他。
27. Sanction a coercive measure adopted usually by several nations acting together against a nation violating international law.
    国际制裁，通常指几国对一国违反国际法行为的合力制裁措施。
28. We petitioned His Majesty for sanction.
    我们向陛下请求批准。
29. Only the Medical Council can apply a sanction against a doctor.
    只有医学委员会才能对医生实施处罚。

noun

1. a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards

2. the act of final authorization
   1. it had the sanction of the church

3. official permission or approval
   1. authority for the program was renewed several times

   Synonym:    authorityauthorizationauthorisation

4. formal and explicit approval
   1. a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement

   Synonym:    countenanceendorsementindorsementwarrantimprimatur

verb

1. give sanction to
   1. I approve of his educational policies

   Synonym:    approveO.K.okay

2. give religious sanction to, such as through on oath
   1. sanctify the marriage

3. give authority or permission to