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

• 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。
• He must clamp down on tax evasion.
  他必须打击逃税。
• For one, Beijing is trying to clamp down on illegal, unsafe and polluting mining across all commodities.
  第一，中国正试图取缔非法、不安全且造成污染的各类大宗原料开采。
• Regulators sought to clamp down on this market after the crisis as it was widely blamed for helping to inflate the credit bubble.
  监管机构在金融危机过后曾寻求取缔这个市场，因为它被广泛指责为加剧了信贷泡沫膨胀。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The prospective buyer of the London Metal exchangehas warned that it will clamp down on the lucrative metal warehousing business that has attracted investments from Goldman Sachsand Glencore.
  伦敦金属交易所（lme）的未来买家警告称，它将对盈利丰厚的金属仓储业务开刀，该项业务吸引了高盛（goldmansachs）和嘉能可（glencore）的投资。