Now, we know that Sri Lanka has cracked down on security both in person and online, shutting down social media.

我们知道斯里兰卡在安全方面采取了严厉手段，线上和线下同时进行，而且关闭了社交媒体。

Exactly. They say some information came from these harsh techniques, but nothing crucial, nothing important.

完全正确。他们说通过严厉的手段获得了一些信息，但是都不是关键信息，没有重要信息。

What a local government is saying is that they introduce tougher measures on these gangs in prison.

府所说，他们对狱中的帮派成员采用了更加严厉的手段。

Far and wide I rule the kingdom with a heavy hand but there was more I had in mind a greater plan.

我用严厉手段治理全国上下，但这远远不够，我打的算盘更大。

What I think was most surprising and interesting was quite how tough he was on his own security forces.

我认为最令人吃惊也是最有意思的是，他将对自己的安全部队采取多严厉的手段。

" Crack down" means to be more forceful, more severe in the enforcement of a punishment, or of a rule.

" crack down" 的意思是在执行处罚或规章时采取更有力、更严厉的手段。

And his main tool for doing that has been a severe austerity package.

他实现这一目标的主要手段就是严厉的紧缩策。

The latest police action comes as the opposition accuses President Emmerson Mnangagwa of adopting the same heavy-handed tactics used by his predecessor Robert Mugabe.

在警方采取最新行动之际，反对派指责总统埃默森·姆南加古瓦采取了前任总统罗伯特·穆加贝使用的严厉手段。

The U.S state department has condemned what it said were the harsh tactics used by Russian police against protesters supporting the jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny.

美国国务院谴责俄罗斯警方对支持被监禁的反对派领袖阿列克谢·纳瓦尔尼的抗议者所使用的严厉手段。