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

• 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。
• Man, he's trying to shake us down.
  兄弟，他想摆脱我们。
• 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。
• You will soon shake down at the new post.
  你很快就会适应新的工作岗位的。
• 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。
• 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。
• Don't shake down the decorations on the Christmas tree.
  别摇落圣诞树上的装饰品。
• Corrupt police nowadays often work hand in glove with organised crime gangs, targeting vulnerable businessmen with investigations and arrests as a way to shake them down for money or take over their assets.
  腐败的警察如今常常与有组织犯罪团伙勾结，调查并逮捕处于弱势地位的商人，向其勒索钱财或抢走他们的资产。
• 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。
• 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