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crack down on something phrasal verb with crackverbuk /kræk/ us /kræk/ to start dealing with bad or illegal behaviour in a more severe way: 制裁;处罚;打击;镇压 The library is cracking down on people who lose their books.图书馆将严厉处罚丢书的人。 He campaigned earnestly, promising to crack down on street crime. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Preventing and impeding anti-drug anti-jamming avoid avoidable avoidably fireproof flameproof guard against something hamper hang have someone/something hanging round your neckidiom head off preclusion preclusive prejudice prevent preventable scuttle smother suffocate |