新聞美語 每日一字 Clamp Down

紐約時報10月8日的一則新聞標題：
Biden Administration "Clamps Down" on China’s Access to Chip Technology.
拜登政府限制中國獲取芯片技術。
"Clamp Down"片語的中文意思就是"箝制"。
A severe or concerted attempt to suppress something.
強烈或一致地試圖壓制某事。

"clamp"的本意就是"夾鉗"或"夾子"，"clamp down on"就是：to try harder to punish (people who are doing something that is not legal or proper).
致力懲罰做不合法或不適勾當的人。
例句：Customs officials are clamping down on smugglers.
海關官員正在打擊走私者。
The school should clamp down on students who cut classes.
學校應該取締逃課的學生。

"clamp down on"也是為特定的人或事設定限制、規則、懲罰等。
to officially set (a limit, rule, punishment, etc.) for (someone or something).

"Clamp Down"的同義字有：suppression、prevention、stopping、stamping out、crackdown、limitation、restriction、restraint、curb、check。