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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Further moves to clamp down on lending and inflation are expected in the coming months.
  在未来限制借款和调控通胀的更多举措将会陆续出台。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。