crackdown
英 ['krækdaʊn]
美 ['krækdaʊn]
- n. 弾圧; （米国の）制裁; 強制的な弾圧; 罰.
英語の語源
- crackdown (n.)
- also crack down; 1935, from the verbal phrase (1915), from crack (v.) + down (adv.); probably from the sense of "to shoot at" (1913).
These scab contractors probably think that they have us whipped, but they are badly mistaken. With the reorganization of the Building Trades Council, which is progressing nicely, we will be in a position to cope with them and when we do crack down on them they will have to come across or get out. ["Journal of Electrical Workers and Operators," September 1915]
例文
- 1. a military crackdown on student protesters
- 抗議する学生に対する軍事弾圧
- 2.a crackdown on fare dodgers on trains
- 列車の脱走者に対する厳しい打撃
- 3.The government has ordered a crackdown on truancy.
- 政府は職務怠慢行為を厳しく取り締まるよう命じた。
- 4.A crackdown on private enterprise last year sent rice prices soaring.
- 昨年の個人企業への圧迫により米価が上昇した。
- 5.The third guarantee is a firm crackdown on economic crime.
- 第三に、経済分野の犯罪活動を断固として取り締まるか、経済犯罪者を取り締まることである。
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