clamp down on: 施压于；压制_时尚英语

clamp down on: 施压于；压制

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斯里兰卡外长卡迪尔加马尔8月12日深夜在其位于科伦坡的住宅内遭暗杀身亡。15日下午斯里兰卡为卡迪尔加马尔举行国葬，斯总理拉贾帕克萨在讲话中呼吁国民搁置分歧和国际社会共同努力，铲除恐怖主义。

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
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
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
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
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
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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