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shake down [ʃek daʊn]

释义 彻底搜查; 勒索; 使因摇晃而下落; 适应新的生活环境[新的工作];

例句:

  • He ordered the dismantling of police checkpoints on highways, which were being used to shake down motorists for bribes.
    他下令取消公路上的警方检查站,因为警察们在这些地方向司机强行索要贿赂。
  • As Hercules Did shake down mellow fruit.
    来自Coriolanus,Shakespeare
  • The contents of the packet may shake down in traveling.
    袋子里的东西经摇晃会沉到底部.
  • You'll soon shake down in your new job.
    你很快就会适应新的工作.
  • Copenhagen was a bunch of nations trying to shake down another bunch of nations.
    来自SA
  • Is it ethical to shake down businesses and taxpayers for a still unproven phenomenon?
    来自SA