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crack·down
kraek daUn
复数:crackdowns
noun
an increase in the severity with which rules, laws, or the like are enforced, esp. to combat abuses or rectify a problem.a crackdown on drug smuggling
也称 crack-down,意为“法律或纪律的严厉”,起源于1935年的动词短语(1915年),由 crack(动词)和 down(副词)组成; 可能来自 crack(动词)的“射击(1913年)”意义,或来自 crack the whip 的比喻概念。
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]
这些破产承包商可能认为他们已经打败了我们,但他们大错特错了。随着建筑工会的重组,我们将有能力应对他们,当我们对他们采取严厉措施时,他们将不得不妥协或离开。[《电工和操作员杂志》,1915年9月]
The first known use of crackdown was in 1935
crackleverb
to make small sharp sudden repeated noises
crackingnoun
a process in which heavy hydrocarbons (as oils from petroleum) are broken up by heat into lighter products (as gasoline)
crackerjacknoun
a person or thing of special excellence
she's a crackerjack at solving crossword puzzles
crackernoun
something (as a firecracker) that makes a cracking noise
a dry thin crisp baked food made of flour and water
the equipment in which cracking (as of petroleum) is carried out
crackedadjective
broken into coarse pieces
cracked corn
informal not mentally sound—used disparagingly
crack downverb
to take strong action especially to control or put down
crack down on crime
1 U.S. officials angered Castro by putting up a Christmas display that included a large “75” — a reference to the number of dissidents arrested in an early 2000s crackdown.
2 In point of fact, the “crackdown” was a watered-down plea for Animal Pharma to self-police and voluntarily change the indications on its antibiotic labels which the FDA would then enforce.
3 In 1963, during a crackdown on writers and artists, he was reprimanded by Khrushchev himself for “formalism,” which ostensibly violated the uplifting style of socialist realism.
4 Police hustling a group of defendants into court during the height of the crackdown.
在打击犯罪的高峰期,法警们押着一群被告人快速进入法庭。
5 Gaye Usluer, a lawmaker from the opposition Republican People's Party, criticized what she said was a "sweeping" crackdown that has also harmed people who may be innocent.
6 Ai was detained trying to board a flight to Hong Kong last month amid a crackdown on dissidents.
7 The rule change comes in the context of a larger crackdown on immigration that has impacted families’ access to food, according to Fleming.
8 His sporadic, superficial attempts at contact also fit the profile of someone grasping for ways to contact you that don't trigger a spousal crackdown.
9 Department of Justice crackdown on foreign operators has left a sour taste in the mouths of many.
10 Amid a widening crackdown on corruption, China’s wealthiest citizens are increasingly seeking a better life abroad.
11 In our absence, Harare's private hospitals have started to fill with victims of Mugabe's crackdown against the opposition.
12 This is something Cameron should bear in mind as he uses the fear of sexual crime to bolster his case for a crackdown.
13 A crackdown by Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways on flight attendants pocketing everything from cutlery to bottles of booze led to six crew members being caught red-handed and placed under investigation over the weekend.
14 But a crackdown on opposition was highlighted last Friday with an arrest warrant issued for the owner of the TV channel Globovisión, which takes a critical line against Chávez.
15 The film portrays Roberts’s turmoil as the 2015 trial approached, and sorts through a paranoia-inducing churn of local police crackdowns, gang activity and general controversy.
16 But this week the Japanese capital's police launched a crackdown on scourge of groping.
但本周,日本首都的警方开始了对列车性骚扰的打击.
17 He said the liquor authority violations came after a crackdown by the police and a change in rules governing what identifications could be accepted.
18 “If you order a violent crackdown — even on a Himalayan mountain pass — you now know it will likely be captured on an iPhone and broadcast around the world.”
19 The crackdown in 12 after I intervened in Gale’s whipping.
20 His supporters say it is part of a government crackdown on the arts ahead of a presidential election next year.
2 处置
deal action treatment transaction shake disposal disposition proceeding bestowal proceed dispose do meet handle bear consign
3 打击
blow bang swipe body blow hit deck combat buffet dent conk a slap in the face crack down shock hammering target catch crack batter smite zap deal a blow to hit out
5 镇压
suppression crush suppress repress quell quash squelch crack down on break smash squash stifle subdue muffle repression put down crack down stamp on stamp out subjection scotch oppress repressive oppression depress unzip snuff dragoon bring under hold under get under suppressive subjugation clampdown reduce
6 严惩