1.This bill helps to clamp down on loopholes that allowed people to receive benefits year after year whether they were planting crops or not.
clamp down on (對…)進行壓制(或取締)
When the President's position was threatened, he issued an order to clamp down on all anti-government activities.
當總統(tǒng)的地位受到威脅時,他下令取消一切反政府活動 。
The mayor had become ineffectual in the struggle to clamp down on drugs.
市長打擊毒品的努力未見成效 。