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

• 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 prospective buyer of the London Metal exchangehas warned that it will clamp down on the lucrative metal warehousing business that has attracted investments from Goldman Sachsand Glencore.
  伦敦金属交易所（lme）的未来买家警告称，它将对盈利丰厚的金属仓储业务开刀，该项业务吸引了高盛（goldmansachs）和嘉能可（glencore）的投资。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• Fears that China might clamp down on bank lending prompted a sell-off in the previous session.
  出于对中国可能会收紧银行放贷的担忧，大宗商品在前一交易日中遭到抛售。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。