crackdown 英 [ˈkrækdaʊn]   美 [ˈkrækˌdaʊn]

crackdown

crackdown  英 [ˈkrækdaʊn] 美 [ˈkrækˌdaʊn]

n. 镇压 

名词复数:crackdowns 

a military crackdown on student protesters 对抗议的学生实行的军事镇压
a crackdown on crime 对犯罪的严厉打击

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  • n. 镇压
  • 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

  • crackdown (n.) also crack-down, "legal or disciplinary severity," 1935, from the verbal phrase (1915), from crack (v.) + down (adv.); perhaps from crack (v.) in the sense of "to shoot at (by 1913), or from the figurative notion in crack the whip.
crack·down / ˈkrækdaʊn ; NAmE ˈkrækdaʊn / noun crackdown(on sb/sth) severe action taken to restrict the activities of criminals or of people opposed to the government or sb in authority 严厉的打击;镇压 a military crackdown on student protesters 对抗议的学生实行的军事镇压 a crackdown on crime 对犯罪的严厉打击 crackdown crackdowns crack·down / ˈkrækdaʊn ; NAmE ˈkrækdaʊn /
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