sanctions
Sanction is official approval or permission from someone in authority.
a newspaper run by citizens without the sanction of the government.
未经政府许可而私自经营的一家民办报社。
Sanctions are measures taken by countries to restrict trade and official contact with a country that has broken international law.
The continued abuse of human rights has now led the United States to impose sanctions against the regime.
对人权的不断践踏现已导致美国对该政权实施国际制裁。
He expressed his opposition to the lifting of sanctions.
他对取消制裁表示反对。
sanctions , sanctioning , sanctioned
If someone in authority sanctions an action or practice, they officially approve of it and allow it to be done.
He may now be ready to sanction the use of force.
他或许现在正准备批准使用武力。