crack down

英 [kræk daʊn]

美 [kræk daʊn]

严厉打击; 镇压

柯林斯词典

• See also:The government has cracked down hard on those campaigning for greater democracy...There has been a lot of drinking. We are cracking down now. Anyone who gets caught is fired.crackdown

英英释义

verb

• repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable)
  1. The police clamped down on illegal drugs
  Synonym:clamp down

双语例句

• But, they argue, this is not a reason to crack down on business schools.
  但他们认为这不是惩治商学院的理由。
• Like the US, Beijing worries Pakistan may not always crack down as hard on terrorists as it pretends.
  和美国一样，中国也担心巴基斯坦对恐怖分子的打击不一定像表面上那样严厉。
• We should crack down on corruption.
  我们要严厉打击腐败现象。
• For instance, why must we crack down on economic crime?
  比如为什么要提打击经济犯罪活动？
• At the end of last year the government introduced a new attempt to crack down on trafficking.
  去年年底政府采取了新的措施打击人口贩卖。
• In order to crack down drunken driving, the government should introduce a more severe law.
  为了打击酒后驾驶，政府应该出台更严厉的法律。
• There is fortunately no need for new regulations to crack down on such irresponsible lending practices.
  幸运的是，不需要用新规定来制裁这种不负责任的贷款行为。
• Alternatively, will they crack down so hard on inflation that they force their economies into recession?
  另一方面，他们会对通货膨胀会采取严厉的措施以致使经济进入衰退吗？
• The police ran a sting operation to crack down on illegal guns.
  警方展开诱捕行动以严打非法枪支。
• Textbooks for distribution to maintain order, crack down on pirated textbooks for illegal behavior.
  维护教材教辅发行秩序，严厉打击违法经营盗版教材教辅行为。