"lower the boom on" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 嚴厲懲罰
• 嚴厲訓斥

Definition

對違反規定或行為不當的人進行嚴厲懲罰或嚴厲訓斥。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

美式英語口語的非正式習語，指有權威的人嚴厲懲罰下級、孩子等。與實體的吊桿無關，是一種比喻說法。

Examples

The teacher lowered the boom on students who were cheating.

老師對作弊的學生**嚴厲懲罰**了。

My parents lowered the boom on me when I came home late.

我父母在我回家晚時**狠狠訓斥了我**。

The manager finally lowered the boom on the lazy workers.

經理終於對懶惰的員工**嚴厲懲罰**了。

If you keep breaking the rules, they'll lower the boom on you sooner or later.

如果你一直違反規定，總有一天會被**嚴厲懲罰**。

After months of warnings, the company finally lowered the boom on employees who kept arriving late.

經過幾個月的警告，公司終於對總是遲到的員工**嚴厲懲罰**了。

When the team kept missing deadlines, the boss decided to lower the boom on everyone at the next meeting.

團隊總錯過截止日期，老闆決定下次會議時對大家**嚴厲訓斥**。