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BNC: 13276 COCA: 9337

crackdown

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
crackdown /ˈkrækˌdaʊn/ noun
plural crackdowns
crackdown
/ˈkrækˌdaʊn/
noun
plural crackdowns
Learner's definition of CRACKDOWN
[count]
: a serious attempt to punish people for doing something that is not allowed : an increased effort to enforce a law or rule镇压;严厉打击
often + on
see also crack down at 1crack
BNC: 13276 COCA: 9337

crackdown

1 of 2

noun

crack·​down ˈkrak-ˌdau̇n How to pronounce crackdown (audio)
: an act or instance of cracking down

crack down

2 of 2

verb

cracked down; cracking down; cracks down

intransitive verb

: to take positive regulatory or disciplinary action

Example Sentences

Noun Companies that pollute are the target of a new crackdown.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Beijing last summer halted granting new licenses to titles and restricted the playtime for gamers under 18 years old as part of a broader regulatory crackdown on the country’s internet sector. Raffaele Huang, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2022 For some Chinese players, there has also been anxiety about a regulatory crackdown. Michelle Toh, CNN, 31 Aug. 2022 The causes include coronavirus restrictions and a regulatory crackdown that has hit the tech industry and private education. Christian Shepherd, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2022 Those worries and a regulatory crackdown on technology firms by Beijing has put pressure on the Nasdaq Golden Dragon Index, which is down 65% from its all-time high reached in February last year. John Cheng, Bloomberg.com, 12 Aug. 2022 Real estate makes up more than a quarter of China’s economy, but has been hurt by policies such as a regulatory crackdown on credit and China’s growth-stifling zero-COVID-19 policy. Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 July 2022 But it is already being tested by the economic slowdown, born in part of the government’s draconian campaign against the coronavirus and a regulatory crackdown on the once-booming real estate industry. New York Times, 19 July 2022 Xi’s presence amounted to a declaration of confidence in the city’s stability after years of COVID-19, political protests and a subsequent crackdown on dissent. Stephanie Yangstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2022 China’s once-dynamic internet giants remained shrouded in a cloud of uncertainty in the wake of a nearly two-year regulatory crackdown. Clay Chandler, Fortune, 27 June 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1935, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1939, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of crackdown was in 1935
BNC: 13276 COCA: 9337
crackdown

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + CRACKDOWN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEbloody, violent血腥/武力鎮壓major, massive嚴厲取締;大規模鎮壓new新的鎮壓federal, government, military, police聯邦政府/政府/軍事/警察鎮壓security治安整治VERB + CRACKDOWNannounce, promise, threaten宣佈/承諾/威脅嚴厲打擊call for, demand, order呼籲/要求/命令嚴打The government has ordered a crackdown on truancy.政府已經命令嚴厲查處玩忽職守行為。have, launch, mount發起/進行/發動鎮壓PREPOSITIONcrackdown on對⋯採取嚴厲措施They're having a crackdown on private phone calls from the office.他們正在嚴厲查處在辦公室打私人電話的行為。

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