clamp down on: 施压于；压制

时间：2008-12-01 03:16:18

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外电报道如下：Sri Lankans cremated1 their assassinated2 foreign minister Monday as the government urged the international community to clamp down on overseas supporters of Tamil rebels amid fears the killing3 could scuttle4 a three-year-old cease-fire.

句中的clamp down on表示"施压于；压制；限制；对……进行取缔"的意思。例如：The government is clamping down on teenage drinking.（政府正在禁止青少年饮酒。）Following the military coup5, there has been a clampdown on press reporting in the capital.（军事政变以后，对首都的新闻报道进行压制。）


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1 cremated 6f0548dafbb2758e70c4b263a81aa7cf     
v.火葬，火化（尸体）( cremate的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • He wants to is cremated, not buried. 他要火葬，不要土葬。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The bodies were cremated on the shore. 他们的尸体在海边火化了。 来自辞典例句
2 assassinated 0c3415de7f33014bd40a19b41ce568df     
v.暗杀( assassinate的过去式和过去分词 )；中伤；诋毁；破坏
参考例句：
  • The prime minister was assassinated by extremists. 首相遭极端分子暗杀。
  • Then, just two days later, President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. 跟着在两天以后，肯尼迪总统在达拉斯被人暗杀。 来自辞典例句
3 killing kpBziQ     
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
4 scuttle OEJyw     
v.急赶，疾走，逃避；n.天窗；舷窗
参考例句：
  • There was a general scuttle for shelter when the rain began to fall heavily.下大雨了，人们都飞跑着寻找躲雨的地方。
  • The scuttle was open,and the good daylight shone in.明朗的亮光从敞开的小窗中照了进来。
5 coup co5z4     
n.政变；突然而成功的行动
参考例句：
  • The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
  • That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。

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