单词 | come down on somebody |
释义 | come down on somebodycome down on somebody phrasal verbphr v STRICTto punish someone or criticize them severely 严惩;痛斥 We need to come down hard on young offenders. 我们对少年犯要严加惩罚。 I made the mistake of answering back, and she came down on me like a ton of bricks (=very severely). 我犯了个错,顶了她一句,她就把我骂了个狗血喷头。 Examples from the Corpus come down on • Having contemplated the pro's and con's Darwin came down on the side in favour of marriage.• And you have the second line of management coming down on you. come down hard on• Judge comes down hard on acid attackers.• And not unexpectedly, the draft comes down hard on Dole and the tobacco industry.• I came down hard on her, because she was the weakest of all.• You'll find that Mr Evans comes down very hard on people who don't do their job properly.• The authorities are really coming down hard on tax evasion.• In the past the Securities and Exchange Commission has come down hard on trading systems that exclusively benefit institutions. → come down on somebody at come1(PHRASAL VERB) |
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