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

• In his view, likely to clamp down on the Government can do little.
  在他看来，可能会压制政府可以做的事很少。
• I finally had to clamp down.
  最后我只好不尝了。
• 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。
• There's been a major clamp down on illegal aliens marrying for residency status.
  我们一直在极力取缔外国人为居留和绿卡而结婚的不法行为。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The Obama administration has promised to clamp down on cross-border flows of drugs, guns and migrants.
  奥巴马政府已承诺将取缔边境毒品交易、枪支交易以及非法偷渡。
• 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 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。