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

• Certainly not the way G20 leaders fawned over Barack Obama while announcing a welter of measures largely irrelevant to the immediate problem of the global recession, including a clampdown on tax havens, bonuses and big hedge funds.
  当然不是20国集团（g20）领导人讨好奥巴马的方式，同时宣布了一大堆与全球衰退这一最紧迫问题几乎毫不相干的措施，包括打击避税天堂、奖金和大型对冲基金。
• Germany's call for a clampdown on European tax havens won support on Tuesday from a majority of the European Union's 27 member states, determined to tighten rules on bank secrecy, which they see as encouraging tax evasion.
  德国发出的打击欧洲避税天堂的呼吁周二得到了欧盟（EU）27个成员国中大多数国家的支持，它们决定收紧其视为鼓励逃税行为的银行保密规定。
• The operation was part of a major clampdown on organised crime ahead of the2014 World Cup and the2016 Olympics.
  这次行动是提前对2014年的世界杯和2016年奥运会所进行的针对有组织犯罪的重要扫荡的一部分。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The forecast bodes well for iron ore and coking coal, the two bulk commodities used for steelmaking, prices of which came under pressure this month because of the energy clampdown.
  这一预测对于铁矿石和炼焦煤而言可谓好消息。由于限电，这两种炼钢用大宗商品的价格本月遇到了压力。
• But this clampdown seems to have been mild.
  但此番整肃的力度似乎颇为温和。
• 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。
• 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。