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

• 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。
• He must clamp down on tax evasion.
  他必须打击逃税。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I finally had to clamp down.
  最后我只好不尝了。
• Regulators sought to clamp down on this market after the crisis as it was widely blamed for helping to inflate the credit bubble.
  监管机构在金融危机过后曾寻求取缔这个市场，因为它被广泛指责为加剧了信贷泡沫膨胀。