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

• The clampdown on loans made off the books or outside the banking system remains in force.
  对黑市贷款和银行系统外贷款的压制依然存在。
• Motorcycle manufacturers face a clampdown on air pollution and climate-warming emissions in the European Union, and the industry says it is ready for pan-European rules.
  在欧盟，因为空气污染和气候暖化排放问题，摩托车生产商面临取缔，而且该行业表示它准备适应泛欧的规则。
• 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。
• Notwithstanding interest rate rises, cranked up bank reserve requirements and a clampdown on investment, China's economy grew 10.7 per cent last year.
  尽管中国上调了利率、提高了存款准备金率、采取了抑制投资的措施，但去年的经济增长率仍达到10.7%。
• Some NGOs said the move could mark a further political attempt to restrict their activities in Russia, following a clampdown while Mr Putin was president.
  一些NGO表示，普京任总统时也曾对NGO进行压制，而现在此举可能标志着进一步限制它们在俄活动的政治企图。
• 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。
• China has become a key factor in global coal prices as the country swings from exporter to importer amid surging demand for power and on the back of a clampdown on illegal and unsafe mining in Shanxi Province, the key producing area.
  随着近年中国电力需求飙升，以及主要煤炭生产地区山西省取缔不安全的非法采矿，中国已从煤炭出口国转变为进口国，进而成为影响全球煤价的一个关键因素。
• A clampdown on entertainment visas a few years ago forced her to go back to Mindanao, in the south of the Philippines, but she returned to Japan on receiving a marriage proposal from a Japanese computer engineer she had met in Tokyo.
  几年前对娱乐签证的限制，迫使她回到了菲律宾南部的棉兰老岛，但她在接到她在东京遇到的一名日本电脑工程师的求婚后回到了日本。
• 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。
• But this clampdown seems to have been mild.
  但此番整肃的力度似乎颇为温和。