📖 sudden action that is taken in order to stop an illegal activity

➡️ clamp down on sb/sth (v.) 嚴厲打壓，鎮壓（犯罪活動、示威抗議等）

===== 慣用語說明=====

這個字我們可以對他進行拆解，clamp當名詞時是夾子，夾具的意思，當動詞則是夾緊，緊緊抓住的意思。

===== 延伸表達=====

👮🏻‍♂️crack down on (phr.) 制裁，嚴加取締

👮🏻‍♂️crackdown (n.) 制裁，嚴加取締

===== 本集的必備例句 =====

Bitcoin has fallen below $30,000 USD for the first time in more than five months, hit by China's crackdown on the world's most popular cryptocurrency. – BBC, 22 June, 2021

（受中國嚴加取締全球最受歡迎的加密貨幣衝擊，比特幣五個多月來首次跌破 30,000 美元。）

📈多讀一點點：https://www.bbc.com/news/business-57549543

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