shake down

英 [ʃeɪk daʊn]

美 [ʃeɪk daʊn]

威胁; 勒索; 搜身

法律

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 威胁;勒索;搜身
  If someoneshakesyoudown, they use threats or search you physically in order to obtain something from you.
  1. 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。
  2. Residents complain about being harassed on the street, roughed up, sometimes even shaken down for their money.
     居民们抱怨在街上遭到骚扰和攻击，有时甚至被抢钱的人搜身。

双语例句

• Why would you hire people to shake him down?
  你为什么还派人去恐吓他？
• You will soon shake down at the new post.
  你很快就会适应新的工作岗位的。
• The police had to shake down every building in the street before they found the gunman.
  在找到持枪歹徒之前，警察得彻底搜查街上的每幢房子。
• A President is in a sense lucky if he is faced with a crisis early on; it enables him to shake down his team.
  在某种意义上说，一个总统能早点遇到危机是件幸运的事，因为这使他可以调整好他的班子。
• Once you have recorded the reading, shake the thermometer down to below 36 degrees
  一旦完成计数，把温度计标数甩到36度以下。
• Shake down the duplicating and overlapping administrative organs.
  精简重复和重叠的行政机构。
• We have to shake down on this pile of sacks for the night.
  我们今晚只好睡在这堆袋子上了。
• Two young men tried to shake him down for$ 300000.
  有两个年轻人曾企图向他敲诈30万美元。
• The shake& down analysis of the beam under axial force/ bending moment combined deformation
  梁在轴力/弯矩组合变形下的安定性分析
• The contents of the packet may shake down in traveling.
  旅行过程中，包里的东西可能会晃落下来。