英语释义

1. to try harder to punish (people who are doing something that is not legal or proper)
Customs officials are clamping down on smugglers. The school should clamp down on students who cut classes.

2. to work harder to stop (a crime)
The state is clamping down on drug trafficking.

片语

clamp down on corruption严厉打击腐败

clamp down on illegal activities严厉打击非法活动

Clamp down on something严格的

clamp down on suppress钳制

clamp down on speculators镇压投机商

clamp down on illegal sales取缔非法销售

英汉例句

• 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。

• in an effort to prevent such tragedies and clamp down on gratuitous ownership of vicious dogs, the uk government have recently introduced the dogbo.

  为了阻止这样的惨剧发生，同时禁止无正当理由豢养兇猛犬，英国政府新近推出了这个「养狗守则」。

• the majority of americans support the law, which they feel is overdue; opponents say it will lead to racial profiling as police clamp down on mexican migrants.

  大部分美国民众对该法表示支持，并认为其早该出台。 但反对者称该法会导致警方在打击墨西哥非法移民的过程中产生种族形象定性的问题。

• after a few days, the fungus directs theinsect to clamp down on a leaf.

  几天后，真菌指引蚂蚁紧紧咬住一片叶子上。

• it does this by a vetting process similar to the one employed by banks to clamp down on money launderers.

  通过审核程序来实现这一目的，就像银行雇员取缔洗钱者一样。

• 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。

• mr sarkozy insists that earlier methods were too lax, treating policemen like social workers not law-enforcement officers. he prefers a strong hand to clamp down on criminality.

  萨科齐总统坚称，那些旧的方法过于松懈——警察看起来只是社会工作者而不是法律的执行者，他更倾向于采取强硬手段来打击犯罪行为。

• in reply, mr sarkozy insists that those methods were too lax, treated policemen like social workers not law-enforcement officers, and prefers a strong hand to clamp down on criminality.

  作为回答，萨科齐总统坚称，那些旧的方法过于松懈——警察看起来只是社会工作者而不是法律的执行者，他更倾向于采取强硬手段来打击犯罪行为。

• montenegrin officials say these are serbian slurs and insist they are doing all they can to clamp down on organised crime.

  黑山官员说，这些都是塞尔维亚的诋毁之词，并坚称他们正尽全力严加控制有组织的犯罪活动。

• late last year, his regime tried to clamp down on market activities but halted the effort when the government couldn「t feed people.

  去年晚些时候，朝鲜曾试图取缔市场活动，但因人们吃不饱饭而暂停了这一取缔行动。

• the government aims to emphasise a legal distinction between users and producers, as part of a plan to clamp down on the country’s growing reputation as a narcotics factory.

  捷克被称为是一个毒品生产国，其名声越来越坏，（捷克）政府意在强调毒品使用者和毒品生产商之间存在的法律意义上的区别，希望以此来作为恢复其名声的一项举措。

• employers are being scrutinised more closely to clamp down on illegal hiring.

  现在对雇主有更严格检查，以打击非法雇佣。

• the government intends to clamp down on soccer hooliganism.

  采取措施严禁在足球比赛中闹事。

• uk plans to reduce the number of foreign student visas being issued and raise visa standards in an attempt to clamp down on illegal job-seekers among visa holders.

  为打击持学生签证在英国非法工作这一现象，英国将提高学生签证的发放标準，削减发放数量。

• you」d want to clamp down on your opponent「s neck or jaws to prevent it from fighting back. if you attack any other part of the body, then you」re left open to counterattack.

  你肯定愿意压制住你对手的脖子或者嘴巴以防止它的反攻，如果你攻击对手身体的其他部位，你便会露出破绽，给对手还击的机会。

• does apple’s latest clamp down on flash mean that people who have bought iphones, ipods and ipads are now stuck with a crippled version of the web?

  苹果公司最近对flash的封杀是否意味着买过iphone，ipods和ipads的人现在要受困于一个残缺版网络。

• before he was elected president in 2007, nicolas sarkozy was a tough centre-right interior minister who vowed to clamp down on crime. his record is now on the line.

  尼古拉·萨科齐在2007年选为总统前是一名强硬的中右翼内政部长，他曾宣誓要取缔犯罪行为，但现在他的业绩却陷入了岌岌可危的境地。

• meanwhile, provincial governments should make every effort to clamp down on groups making huge profits from illegally charging highway fees.

  同时，省政府应该尽一切努力取缔那些以非法收取高速公路费来牟取暴利的团体。

• countries struggling with widespread poverty and unemployment can be reluctant to clamp down on an industry that provides so much revenue and so many jobs.

  东南亚各国都在为普遍的贫困和失业而努力不懈，所以不愿意对这个能提供这么多收入和这么多工作岗位的行业施加压力。

• they initially had not planned to join the movement they are now joining because they are simply upset with what the government has done in its attempt to clamp down on this rally.

  他预计参加集会的人数可能会超过组织者的预期。 他说：“有人最初并没有打算加入这场运动，但是他们现在要加入，因为他们对政府企图取缔这次集会的所作所为感到忧心忡忡。

• in recent months, a series of record-breaking transactions in hong kong's luxury residential market has forced nervous officials to clamp down on mortgage lending.

  在最近几个月，面对香港豪宅市场一系列刷新纪录的成交价，紧张的官员们不得不对抵押贷款采取限制措施。