crack down

英 [kræk daʊn]

美 [kræk daʊn]

严厉打击; 镇压

柯林斯词典

• See also:The government has cracked down hard on those campaigning for greater democracy...There has been a lot of drinking. We are cracking down now. Anyone who gets caught is fired.crackdown

英英释义

verb

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

双语例句

• Like the US, Beijing worries Pakistan may not always crack down as hard on terrorists as it pretends.
  和美国一样，中国也担心巴基斯坦对恐怖分子的打击不一定像表面上那样严厉。
• The local government had vowed to crack down on those spreading rumours about the banks 'troubles.
  目前，当地政府已发誓要打击这些散播银行问题谣言的人士。
• The House voted today to crack down on banks that launder drug money.
  众议院今天表决打击为毒资洗钱的银行。
• Egypt has promised to crack down on the protesters involved in the attack and to protect Cairo's embassies.
  埃及已经承诺打击参与袭击的抗议者，并保护开罗各国大使馆。
• Alternatively, will they crack down so hard on inflation that they force their economies into recession?
  另一方面，他们会对通货膨胀会采取严厉的措施以致使经济进入衰退吗？
• But, they argue, this is not a reason to crack down on business schools.
  但他们认为这不是惩治商学院的理由。
• The government has cracked down hard on those campaigning for greater democracy
  政府严厉镇压了那些发起运动争取更广泛民主的人士。
• Officers will crack down on lunatic motorists who speed or drive too close to the car in front
  警察将会严厉打击超速或是紧贴前车行驶的疯狂司机。
• At the end of last year the government introduced a new attempt to crack down on trafficking.
  去年年底政府采取了新的措施打击人口贩卖。
• They could then crack down on banks 'practices before the next crisis made it awkward.
  然后它们可以对银行的行为严加管束，以防下次危机爆发令它们陷入尴尬境地。