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clampdown

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
clampdown /ˈklæmpˌdaʊn/ noun
plural clampdowns
clampdown
/ˈklæmpˌdaʊn/
noun
plural clampdowns
Learner's definition of CLAMPDOWN
[count]
: an increased effort to make sure that people obey laws and rules管制;压制;严禁usually singular通常用单数
usually + on
see also clamp down on at 2clamp
BNC: 25074 COCA: 32835

clampdown

1 of 2

noun

clamp·​down ˈklamp-ˌdau̇n How to pronounce clampdown (audio)
: the act or action of making regulations and restrictions more stringent
a clampdown on charge accounts, bank loans, and other inflationary influences Time

clamp down

2 of 2

verb

clamped down; clamping down; clamps down

intransitive verb

: to impose restrictions : crack down
the police are clamping down on speeders

Example Sentences

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Noun
Pinduoduo’s overseas expansion comes at a time when China’s economic slowdown, worsened by Beijing’s stringent Covid-19 control measures, has rippled through a tech sector already grappling with the aftermath of a regulatory clampdown. Raffaele Huang, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022 The regulatory clampdown is not without cause: Last month, NHTSA reported traffic fatalities nationwide hit a 16-year high in 2021 after 42,915 people lost their lives last year. Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 10 June 2022 Liu has also recently made headlines for pledging billions of dollars to charity amid China's regulatory clampdown on tech. Michelle Toh, CNN, 7 Apr. 2022 The clampdown comes as China's central bank has been testing its own digital currency, the electronic Chinese yuan. Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2021 In recent months, China has embarked on a major clampdown on private enterprise, which has engulfed some of the country's top players. Cnn Staff, CNN, 31 Aug. 2021 While Chinese leaders have always maintained strict controls on the country’s media, the latest clampdown is significant for its timing, media scholars and analysts said. Liza Lin, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2021 The West is re-embracing Prince Mohammed despite concerns about human rights in Saudi Arabia, where dozens of people have been arrested in a clampdown on political freedoms. Noemie Bisserbe, WSJ, 28 July 2022 While gun reform advocates on both sides of the border have cheered Canada's further clampdown on gun purchases, some say the new law doesn't go far enough. Yvonne Lau, Fortune, 12 June 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1940, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1938, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of clampdown was in 1938
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