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

• Tough rules to clamp down on the use of privately-traded derivatives and speculation in shares have been unveiled by the European Commission in a bid to tame what it has called the "wild west" of financial markets.
  欧盟委员会（europeancommission）披露了相关规定，将严厉打击场外交易衍生品和股票投机行为，以期驯服被其称为“蛮荒西部”的金融市场。
• The prospective buyer of the London Metal exchangehas warned that it will clamp down on the lucrative metal warehousing business that has attracted investments from Goldman Sachsand Glencore.
  伦敦金属交易所（lme）的未来买家警告称，它将对盈利丰厚的金属仓储业务开刀，该项业务吸引了高盛（goldmansachs）和嘉能可（glencore）的投资。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• When the President's position was threatened, he issued an order to clamp down on all anti-government activities.
  当总统的地位受到威胁时，他下令取消一切反政府活动。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。