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

• 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？
• 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。
• But a close second is the extent to which regulators clamp down on the sector.
  但紧随其后的因素，是监管部门对该行业的整治力度。
• 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。
• I finally had to clamp down.
  最后我只好不尝了。
• 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。
• When the President's position was threatened, he issued an order to clamp down on all anti-government activities.
  当总统的地位受到威胁时，他下令取消一切反政府活动。
• The team manager has been quick to clamp down on the merest hint of complacency.
  球队主教练很快就消除了自满的小苗头。
• Mr Najib and his party must resist the temptation to polarise the country or to clamp down on its freedoms in the cause of narrow political interests.
  纳吉布和他的政党必须抵御住诱惑，不能为了狭隘的政治利益而让马来西亚国民陷入严重对立或是钳制该国自由。
• 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。