clamp down

英 [klæmp daʊn]

美 [klæmp daʊn]

取缔; 压制; 管制; 镇压

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 取缔;压制;管制;镇压
  Toclamp down onpeople or activities means to take strong official action to stop or control them.
  1. If the government clamps down on the protestors, that will only serve to strengthen them in the long run...
     如果政府镇压抗议者，从长远来看，这将只能使他们更加坚决。
  2. Banking regulators failed to clamp down until earlier this month.
     银行监管机构直到本月初才开始严格管制。

英英释义

verb

• repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable)
  1. The police clamped down on illegal drugs
  Synonym:crack down

双语例句

• There's been a major clamp down on illegal aliens marrying for residency status.
  我们一直在极力取缔外国人为居留和绿卡而结婚的不法行为。
• The government intends to clamp down on soccer hooliganism.
  政府拟采取措施严禁在足球比赛中闹事。
• Just sneak your hand in their mouth for a second and slip it out before they clamp down.
  刚刚潜入你的手在他们的口为第二和支路出来之前，他们打击。
• France, Germany and the UK at least agree on one thing: the need to clamp down on bankers 'pay.
  法国、德国和英国至少在一件事情上达成了一致：有必要严格限制银行家的薪酬。
• The mayor had become ineffectual in the struggle to clamp down on drugs.
  市长打击毒品的努力未见成效。
• The police are going to clamp down on illegal stock exchange activities in the streets.
  警察即将取缔街道上的非法证券交易。
• China said it would scrap a tax rebate on agricultural commodities exports to clamp down on foreign sales.
  中国表示，将取消农业大宗商品的出口退税，以减少粮食出口。
• After all, several times in the past three decades, US politicians have tried to clamp down on derivatives and each time the Wall Street lobby has fought back.
  毕竟，过去30年中，有那么几次，美国政治家曾试图对衍生品施压而每一次华尔街游说组织都予以还击。
• Concern that the investment boom is out of control has forced the government to clamp down on new projects.
  对投资热失控的担忧已经迫使政府强制停止新的项目。
• That FC guy* Does he clamp down on the others all the time?
  那财务部头是不是整天夹人？