N-COUNT A clampdown is a sudden restriction on a particular activity by a government or other authority. 制裁 [journalism] [oft N 'on' n]
...a clampdown on the employment of illegal immigrants.
...对雇佣非法移民的一种制裁。
A police clampdown on car thieves hit a snag when villains stole one of their cars.
匪徒偷走了警方一辆汽车后，警方打击盗车贼的行动遇到了一点儿小挫折。
Passengers understood the clampdown.
乘客对安检表示理解。
But that was before the latest satellite clampdown.
但是这是发生在最近的卫星压制政策之前。
A new report says more than 17 million hectares of forest have been saved in recent years because of a major clampdown on illegal logging.
VOA: standard.2010.07.28
"And so,you have all the transgressions which are listed, not just in my report but in many other reports-et cetera persecution,clampdown, collective punishment,torture, arbitrary executions, public executions,et cetera despite various formal guarantees in the constitution and in criminal law."
VOA: standard.2009.10.22
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