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

• A crackdown on a few tax havens, just decided by the G20, is important.
  20刚刚做出的打击少数避税天堂的决定十分重要。
• The penalties come as some investors have been predicting a crackdown on illegal trading activities.
  此际，一些投资者一直预计监管部门将出台打击违法交易活动的规定。
• Before the crackdown, groups from Germany and Japan were the biggest buyers of US companies.
  在打击行动开始之前，德国和日本企业是美国企业的最大收购方。
• 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。
• Paulson said Thursday that his delegation also will urge China to crackdown on product piracy.
  保尔森星期四说，美国代表团还将敦促中国打击侵犯知识产权的行为。
• The crackdown has elements of xenophobia, says one foreign diplomat in Kuala Lumpur.
  此次打击非法工人行动有排外的成分，一位驻吉隆坡的外国外交官表示。
• 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。
• 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。
• In essence this is a crackdown on undocumented migrants and criminalizes them.
  这个措施是对非法移工的打击和入罪化。
• In China the crackdown has gone largely unreported with state media instructed not to go to Prato.
  在中国，此次打击行动基本没有报道，官方媒体接到指令不得前往普拉托。