经济制裁不能阻碍那个国家的发展。 The economic sanctions could not prevent the development of that country.
西方各国对这个国家实行了严厉制裁。 Western nations imposed tough sanctions on the country.
政府现在急欲削减该项逆差，乃以经济制裁威胁日本。最后令（美国）再也不能容忍的事件就是：摩托罗拉公司未能争取到较大的日本手提电话市场。 The Administration is now threatening economic sanctions against Japan in a desperate attempt to reduce that deficit. The [last] straw that broke the camel's back was the failure of the Motorola Co. to win a large share of the Japanese cellular phone market.