一、详细释义：


n.

【正】制裁


例句：

Western nations imposed tough sanctions on the country.

西方各国对这个国家实行了严厉制裁。


例句：

A government, on the contrary, always has a sanction, expressed or implied.

相反, 一个政府永远具有制裁, 不管是明定的或暗示性的。


【正】批准，认可 [U]


例句：

There is no sanction for autocracy.

没有人赞成独裁统治。


例句：

The book was translated without the sanction of the author.

这本书未经作者许可就给翻译了。


【正】约束力


例句：

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。


例句：

In Chinese society shame operates as the principal sanction.

在中国的社会，羞耻心在道义上具有一种压倒一切的约束力。


v.

实施惩罚；实施制裁 [T]


例句：

Not everything that falls under this heading is a sanctioned prohibition.

并非归入这个标题下的每一条都要受制裁受处罚。


批准；认可 [T]


例句：

The church would not sanction the king's second marriage.

教会不会批准国王第二次结婚。


例句：

Slavery was once socially sanctioned.

奴隶制曾经为社会所认可。


二、词义辨析：


approve,confirm,sanction

这些动词均有“批准”之意。 approve普通用词，常指正式的或官方的批准。 confirm强调按法律程序提请确认或批准。 sanction语气最强，多指官方的同意或批准，是书面用词。


三、相关短语：


pragmatic sanction

n. 国事诏书


四、参考例句：


He deserved the legal sanction.

他活该收到法律的制裁。


Official sanction has not yet been given.

尚未获得正式批准。


There is no sanction for autocracy.

没有人赞成独裁统治。


Our proposal is given official sanction.

我们的提案得到正式批准。


The Bishop refused to sanction racial discrimination.

主教拒绝承认种族歧视。


The book was translated without the sanction of the author.

这本书未经作者许可就给翻译了。


Prison is the best sanction against a crime like this.

为遏止这类罪行，监禁手段是上策。


We received sanction to proceed with our plans.

我们获准继续进行我们的计划。


The church would not sanction the king's second marriage.

教会不会批准国王第二次结婚。


The church would not sanction his second marriage.

教会不会认可他的第二次婚姻。