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单词 clamp down
释义 clamp down
verb
Etymology: clamp (II)
transitive verb
1. : to clean (the deck of a boat) by spraying with water and swabbing down
2. : to impose (as a curfew, blackout, censorship) especially in a sudden, arbitrary, or violent manner
 < the police clamped down a deadline after which all slot machines were to disappear >
intransitive verb
: to become suddenly or violently repressive, dire, or dictatorial
 < a military adventurer took over control of a free people and then clamped downNew Yorker >
— usually used with on
 < the government was clamping down on Moslem activities — New York Times >
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