crackdown

英 ['kr?kda?n] 美['kr?kda?n]

CET6中低頻詞

復(fù)數(shù):?crackdowns;

crackdown (n.): also crack down; 1935, from the verbal phrase (1915), from crack (v.) + down (adv.); probably from the sense of "to shoot at" (1913).
These scab contractors probably think that they have us whipped, but they are badly mistaken. With the reorganization of the Building Trades Council, which is progressing nicely, we will be in a position to cope with them and when we do crack down on them they will have to come across or get out. ["Journal of Electrical Workers and Operators," September 1915]

1. a military crackdown on student protesters: 對(duì)抗議的學(xué)生實(shí)行的軍事鎮(zhèn)壓

3. The government has ordered a crackdown on truancy.: 政府已經(jīng)命令嚴(yán)厲查處玩忽職守行為.

4. A crackdown on private enterprise last year sent rice prices soaring.: 去年對(duì)個(gè)體企業(yè)的打壓使得米價(jià)上漲.

5. The third guarantee is a firm crackdown on economic crime.: 第三是堅(jiān)決打擊經(jīng)濟(jì)領(lǐng)域的犯罪活動(dòng),或者叫打擊經(jīng)濟(jì)犯罪分子.