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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• This leaves us precisely where we started, with France and Germany tilting misguidedly at hedge funds while the UK and the US fear to clamp down on large banks in case they move from New York to London ( or vice-versa) or locate themselves offshore.
  这让我们不偏不倚又回到了原点：法国和德国错误地抨击对冲基金，而英国和美国不敢压制大型银行，唯恐它们一气之下从纽约搬到伦敦（或者相反），或是迁往海外。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。