shake down
英 [ʃeɪk daʊn]
美 [ʃeɪk daʊn]
威胁; 勒索; 搜身
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.- 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。 - 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。
- He ordered the dismantling of police checkpoints on highways, which were being used to shake down motorists for bribes...
双语例句
- He's new in the office but he'll soon shake down.
他虽然刚来这个办公室，但很快就会适应的。 - Man, he's trying to shake us down.
兄弟，他想摆脱我们。 - Somebody wanted to shake Mulwray down.
有人想把默瑞整下台。 - 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。 - 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。 - Shake down peasants by pretending to arrest them
以逮捕为要挟向农民敲诈勒索 - He finally managed to shake down the troublesome motor and get on his way.
他终于设法修好了老出毛病的发动机，然后上路了。 - Let's shake down on the floor with a blanket or two.
让我们弄一、两条毯子在地板上打个临时铺睡吧。 - Don't shake down the decorations on the Christmas tree.
别摇落圣诞树上的装饰品。 - The Nazi bandits decided to shake down the inmates to make sure nothing had been smuggled into the concentration camp.
纳粹匪徒决定对集中营里的人进行搜查以确保没有什么东西偷运进去。