clampdown

英 [ˈklæmpdaʊn]

美 [ˈklæmpdaʊn]

n.  严禁，制止，取缔(非法活动)

复数：clampdowns　

Collins.1 / BNC.25074 / COCA.32835

牛津词典

noun

• 严禁，制止，取缔（非法活动）
  sudden action that is taken in order to stop an illegal activity
  1. a clampdown on drinking and driving
     严禁酒后驾车

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 取缔;压制;管制;镇压
  Aclampdownis a sudden restriction on a particular activity by a government or other authority.
  1. ...a clampdown on the employment of illegal immigrants...
     对雇用非法移民的打击
  2. Ironically, the latest clamp-down has just led to renewed international criticism.
     让人哭笑不得的是，最近的制裁结果只是导致新一波国际社会的批评。

英英释义

noun

• sudden restriction on an activity

双语例句

• More generally, the global clampdown on tax evasion requires Swiss private banks to reinvent themselves.
  更广泛言之，全球对避税的打压，要求瑞士私人银行进行彻底的自我改造。
• They have mounted a preemptive clampdown of a severity rarely seen in recent years.
  他们已经采取了先发制人的措施，严厉程度近年罕见。
• Finally, a clampdown on tax evasion has also to be enforced.
  最后，还必须严格执法，打击逃税行为。
• So did parts of the property market, prompting a government clampdown.
  房地产市场的有些部分也一度犹如脱缰的野马，促使政府重拳干预。
• But analysts say the apparent success of the clampdown on lending disguises a worrying new trend that involves banks co-operating with lightly regulated trust companies to keep loans off their books.
  但分析师们表示，遏制放贷的表面成功，掩盖了一种令人担忧的新趋势，即银行与监管宽松的信托公司合作，把贷款放在账目以外。
• China has become a key factor in global coal prices as the country swings from exporter to importer amid surging demand for power and on the back of a clampdown on illegal and unsafe mining in Shanxi Province, the key producing area.
  随着近年中国电力需求飙升，以及主要煤炭生产地区山西省取缔不安全的非法采矿，中国已从煤炭出口国转变为进口国，进而成为影响全球煤价的一个关键因素。
• Police efforts to thwart a feared attack triggered a disruptive, security clampdown across the country.
  警方力图挫败恐怖袭击，在全国掀起一场干扰（机场正常运作）的保安和打击活动。
• Investors are seeking a new benchmark for commodities that excludes prices from US markets in response to a regulatory clampdown in Washington.
  作为对华盛顿加强监管的回应，投资者正在寻找一个将美国市场价格排除在外的大宗商品新基准。
• The Yeti Roast Duck Office has decided to have a clampdown on building new chain stores.
  雪人烤鸭总店决定不准再建新的连锁店。
• The operation was part of a major clampdown on organised crime ahead of the2014 World Cup and the2016 Olympics.
  这次行动是提前对2014年的世界杯和2016年奥运会所进行的针对有组织犯罪的重要扫荡的一部分。