crackdown

英 [ˈkrækdaʊn]

美 [ˈkrækdaʊn]

n.  严厉的打击; 镇压

复数：crackdowns　

Collins.2 / BNC.13276 / COCA.9337

牛津词典

noun

• 严厉的打击；镇压
  severe action taken to restrict the activities of criminals or of people opposed to the government or sb in authority
  1. a military crackdown on student protesters
     对抗议的学生实行的军事镇压
  2. a crackdown on crime
     对犯罪的严厉打击

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 严惩;严厉打击;镇压
  Acrackdownis strong official action that is taken to punish people who break laws.
  1. ...anti-government unrest that ended with the violent army crackdown.
     最终被军队严厉镇压的反政府动乱

英英释义

noun

• severely repressive actions

双语例句

• Japan is getting heavy-handed in its crackdown on smoking.
  日本正加大对吸烟的打击力度。
• Angola's President Jose Eduardo dos Santos has called for a crackdown on government corruption.
  安哥拉总统若泽·爱德华多·多斯桑托斯号召对政府腐败进行压制。
• Schools and religious organisations say the crackdown is pushing American volunteers with signing authority over accounts to stand down.
  学校和宗教组织表示，此项打击政策已经使得很多签署了授权账户的美国志愿者辞了工作。
• There has been no press coverage of the crackdown, and the government has been quiet about casualties.
  没有关于打击行动的新闻报导，政府对伤亡情况也守口如瓶。
• Chinese officials have repeatedly raised the possibility of a terrorist attack and used it to justify a security crackdown.
  中国官员再三提出了恐怖袭击的可能性，并将其作为实行严密安保的理由。
• The nationwide campaign of crackdown on smuggling has achieved remarkable effect, relieving the severe impact on the domestic market from smuggling.
  全国打击走私取得显著成效，缓解了走私对国内市场的严重冲击。
• Intra-Asian investors are also feeling the heat, as Thailand's crackdown shows.
  正如泰国打压措施所表明的那样，亚洲内部的投资者也感受到了威胁。
• Last year I devoted myself to only one task: a crackdown on crime.
  去年我只做了一件事：打击刑事犯罪分子。
• But in2009 the police launched a crackdown which has seriously disrupted the gang's operations.
  但是在2009年，警方执行了一次重大行动来打击犯罪活动。
• The crackdown enjoys public support.
  此次打击非法工人的行动得到了公众的支持。