clampdown

英 [ˈklæmpdaʊn]

美 [ˈklæmpdaʊn]

n.  严禁，制止，取缔(非法活动)

复数：clampdowns　

Collins.1 / BNC.25074 / COCA.32835

牛津词典

noun

• 严禁，制止，取缔（非法活动）
  sudden action that is taken in order to stop an illegal activity
  1. a clampdown on drinking and driving
     严禁酒后驾车

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 取缔;压制;管制;镇压
  Aclampdownis a sudden restriction on a particular activity by a government or other authority.
  1. ...a clampdown on the employment of illegal immigrants...
     对雇用非法移民的打击
  2. Ironically, the latest clamp-down has just led to renewed international criticism.
     让人哭笑不得的是，最近的制裁结果只是导致新一波国际社会的批评。

英英释义

noun

• sudden restriction on an activity

双语例句

• Instead, banks will likely bear the brunt through increased reserve requirements and a prolonged clampdown on lending.
  相反，通过提高储备金率和长期打压放贷，银行可能首当其冲受到冲击。
• Investors are seeking a new benchmark for commodities that excludes prices from US markets in response to a regulatory clampdown in Washington.
  作为对华盛顿加强监管的回应，投资者正在寻找一个将美国市场价格排除在外的大宗商品新基准。
• An executive with a medium-sized state-owned bank said he saw no evidence of any relaxation in the clampdown.
  某家中等规模国有银行的一名高管称，他看不到任何证据显示收紧措施将会放松。
• Certainly not the way G20 leaders fawned over Barack Obama while announcing a welter of measures largely irrelevant to the immediate problem of the global recession, including a clampdown on tax havens, bonuses and big hedge funds.
  当然不是20国集团（g20）领导人讨好奥巴马的方式，同时宣布了一大堆与全球衰退这一最紧迫问题几乎毫不相干的措施，包括打击避税天堂、奖金和大型对冲基金。
• Police efforts to thwart a feared attack triggered a disruptive, security clampdown across the country.
  警方力图挫败恐怖袭击，在全国掀起一场干扰（机场正常运作）的保安和打击活动。
• The forecast bodes well for iron ore and coking coal, the two bulk commodities used for steelmaking, prices of which came under pressure this month because of the energy clampdown.
  这一预测对于铁矿石和炼焦煤而言可谓好消息。由于限电，这两种炼钢用大宗商品的价格本月遇到了压力。
• Near where he stands, the charred remains of a small rare earths pit are witness to the clampdown.
  离他站的地方不远，一个不大的稀土坑中烧焦的残余物见证了这场整改行动。
• Finally, a clampdown on tax evasion has also to be enforced.
  最后，还必须严格执法，打击逃税行为。
• But this clampdown seems to have been mild.
  但此番整肃的力度似乎颇为温和。
• Paradoxically, our era of close international integration has prompted a clampdown on immigration.
  矛盾的是，我们所处的这个国际紧密融合时代带来了对移民的压制。