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

• 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。
• 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？
• Fears that China might clamp down on bank lending prompted a sell-off in the previous session.
  出于对中国可能会收紧银行放贷的担忧，大宗商品在前一交易日中遭到抛售。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But a close second is the extent to which regulators clamp down on the sector.
  但紧随其后的因素，是监管部门对该行业的整治力度。
• 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。