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

• 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。
• Tough rules to clamp down on the use of privately-traded derivatives and speculation in shares have been unveiled by the European Commission in a bid to tame what it has called the "wild west" of financial markets.
  欧盟委员会（europeancommission）披露了相关规定，将严厉打击场外交易衍生品和股票投机行为，以期驯服被其称为“蛮荒西部”的金融市场。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。