crackdown
英 ['kr?kda?n]
美['kr?kda?n]
- n. 鎮壓；（美）制裁；強制取締；懲罰
CET6中低頻詞
詞態變化
復數:?crackdowns;
英文詞源
- 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]
雙語例句
- 1. a military crackdown on student protesters
- 對抗議的學生實行的軍事鎮壓
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. a crackdown on fare dodgers on trains
- 對火車逃票者的嚴厲打擊
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. The government has ordered a crackdown on truancy.
- 政府已經命令嚴厲查處玩忽職守行為.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. A crackdown on private enterprise last year sent rice prices soaring.
- 去年對個體企業的打壓使得米價上漲.
來自互聯網
- 5. The third guarantee is a firm crackdown on economic crime.
- 第三是堅決打擊經濟領域的犯罪活動,或者叫打擊經濟犯罪分子.
來自互聯網