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。
• 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。
• Concern that the investment boom is out of control has forced the government to clamp down on new projects.
  对投资热失控的担忧已经迫使政府强制停止新的项目。
• That FC guy* Does he clamp down on the others all the time?
  那财务部头是不是整天夹人？
• 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。
• 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。
• We must clamp down now, before it's too late to stop the trouble.
  我们现在就必须制止闹事，否则就来不及了。
• The police are going to clamp down on illegal stock exchange activities in the streets.
  警察即将取缔街道上的非法证券交易。
• 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 Government announced that it was going to clamp down on people who avoided paying their television licence fees.
  政府宣布准备对逃交电视接收机牌照费的人们进行强行限制。