crack down

释义

1. 牛津电影里 100%

   竭力取缔；严厉打击；镇压

   to try harder to prevent an illegal activity and deal more severely with those who are caught doing it

   I've gotta crack down. I gotta sign it out?

电影里这样说 · 5 部

• Since McCluskey's killing, the police have cracked down on our operations.The Godfather1972
• 'Hey've cracked down hard since you left. More guards, more patrols.Toy Story 32010
• THE INTERNET HAS CREATED ALL THESE TOOLS FOR CRACKING DOWN AND SPYING AND, YOU KNOW, CONTROLLING WHAT WE SAY.The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz2014
• I've gotta crack down. I gotta sign it out?A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote2020
• Cops were given their own discretion to crack down on crime.Spiral2021
• There's a massive crack about halfway down.Werewolf by Night2022
• A good whack with the mallet. Crack it down. Whack. Bang.Into the Wild2007
• I CAN SEE WHY THE GOVERNMENT'S CRACKING DOWN ON THE IDEA OF EXPERIENCING UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.Zeitgeist: Addendum2008

在完整场景里学

• 教父1972
  • 婚礼当天开口求杀：in my debt（欠我的人情）
  • 看马求戏被轰走：run him out of the business（把他挤出这一行）
  • 当面回绝毒品生意：in your pocket（任其摆布）

同一词条的短语

• get cracking
• not all, everything, cracked up to be
• crack the whip
• a hard nut
• use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
• crack on
• crack up
• crack up
• at the crack of dawn
• a fair crack of the whip