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。
• 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。
• 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。
• After all, several times in the past three decades, US politicians have tried to clamp down on derivatives and each time the Wall Street lobby has fought back.
  毕竟，过去30年中，有那么几次，美国政治家曾试图对衍生品施压而每一次华尔街游说组织都予以还击。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• China said it would scrap a tax rebate on agricultural commodities exports to clamp down on foreign sales.
  中国表示，将取消农业大宗商品的出口退税，以减少粮食出口。
• 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。