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.- 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。 - 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。
- If the government clamps down on the protestors, that will only serve to strengthen them in the long run...
英英释义
verb
- repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable)
- The police clamped down on illegal drugs
双语例句
- 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。 - 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 Obama administration has promised to clamp down on cross-border flows of drugs, guns and migrants.
奥巴马政府已承诺将取缔边境毒品交易、枪支交易以及非法偷渡。 - 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。 - 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。 - Mr Najib and his party must resist the temptation to polarise the country or to clamp down on its freedoms in the cause of narrow political interests.
纳吉布和他的政党必须抵御住诱惑,不能为了狭隘的政治利益而让马来西亚国民陷入严重对立或是钳制该国自由。 - 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。 - 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。
