crackdown
英 [ˈkræk.daʊn]
美 [ˈkræk.daʊn]
将“crackdown”拆分为“crack”和“down”。想象“crack”像是一根树枝因为压力而断裂,象征强烈的打击或措施;“down”则表示对某事的削弱或镇压。结合起来记忆,就像是在对不良行为或现象进行严厉的打击和压制。
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- 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
- 对抗议的学生实行的军事镇压
- 2. a crackdown on fare dodgers on trains
- 对火车逃票者的严厉打击
- 3. The government has ordered a crackdown on truancy.
- 政府已经命令严厉查处玩忽职守行为.
- 4. A crackdown on private enterprise last year sent rice prices soaring.
- 去年对个体企业的打压使得米价上涨.
- 5. The third guarantee is a firm crackdown on economic crime.
- 第三是坚决打击经济领域的犯罪活动,或者叫打击经济犯罪分子.