clamp down

1. PHRASAL VERB 取缔;压制;管制;镇压
   To clamp down on people 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。

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。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. Mr Najib and his party must resist the temptation to polarise the country or to clamp down on its freedoms in the cause of narrow political interests.
   纳吉布和他的政党必须抵御住诱惑，不能为了狭隘的政治利益而让马来西亚国民陷入严重对立或是钳制该国自由。
6. Regulators sought to clamp down on this market after the crisis as it was widely blamed for helping to inflate the credit bubble.
   监管机构在金融危机过后曾寻求取缔这个市场，因为它被广泛指责为加剧了信贷泡沫膨胀。
7. 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。
8. 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。
9. 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。
10. For one, Beijing is trying to clamp down on illegal, unsafe and polluting mining across all commodities.
    第一，中国正试图取缔非法、不安全且造成污染的各类大宗原料开采。
11. I finally had to clamp down.
    最后我只好不尝了。
12. After all, several times in the past three decades, US politicians have tried to clamp down on derivatives and each time the Wall Street lobby has fought back.
    毕竟，过去30年中，有那么几次，美国政治家曾试图对衍生品施压而每一次华尔街游说组织都予以还击。
13. The police are going to clamp down on illegal stock exchange activities in the streets.
    警察即将取缔街道上的非法证券交易。
14. 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。
15. The government intends to clamp down on soccer hooliganism.
    政府拟采取措施严禁在足球比赛中闹事。
16. China said it would scrap a tax rebate on agricultural commodities exports to clamp down on foreign sales.
    中国表示，将取消农业大宗商品的出口退税，以减少粮食出口。
17. 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。
18. He must clamp down on tax evasion.
    他必须打击逃税。
19. The Government announced that it was going to clamp down on people who avoided paying their television licence fees.
    政府宣布准备对逃交电视接收机牌照费的人们进行强行限制。
20. 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。
21. France, Germany and the UK at least agree on one thing: the need to clamp down on bankers 'pay.
    法国、德国和英国至少在一件事情上达成了一致：有必要严格限制银行家的薪酬。
22. 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。
23. 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。
24. 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？
25. 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。
26. We must clamp down now, before it's too late to stop the trouble.
    我们现在就必须制止闹事，否则就来不及了。
27. 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。
28. Just sneak your hand in their mouth for a second and slip it out before they clamp down.
    刚刚潜入你的手在他们的口为第二和支路出来之前，他们打击。
29. There's been a major clamp down on illegal aliens marrying for residency status.
    我们一直在极力取缔外国人为居留和绿卡而结婚的不法行为。

verb

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

   Synonym:    crack down