shake down

英 [ʃeɪk daʊn] 美 [ʃeɪk daʊn]

威胁; 勒索; 搜身

法律



柯林斯词典

  1. PHRASAL VERB 威胁;勒索;搜身
    If someone shakes you down, 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

  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
  4. Most of them will shake down as honest fellows.
    他们大多诚实,与人和睦相处。
  5. You will soon shake down at the new post.
    你很快就会适应新的工作岗位的。
  6. I knew his address and, yeah, I wanted to shake him down.
    我有他地址,只是想上门催债。
  7. Coconut small monkeys wanted you to help it shake down!
    小猴子想吃椰果,你来帮它摇下来吧!
  8. How did all these separate forms shake down to the3000 use today and to the dozen or so, like English and Chinese, that are understood by large portions of the world's people?
    这些各种各样互不相关的语言为何缩减到今天仍在使用的三千种以及被世界上很多人共同理解的如英语和中文等十来种语言呢?
  9. Man, he's trying to shake us down.
    兄弟,他想摆脱我们。
  10. Don't shake down the decorations on the Christmas tree.
    别摇落圣诞树上的装饰品。
  11. Next week the captain will shake down his new ship on a voyage to the Mediterranean Sea.
    下周船长要将他的新船开到地中海去试航。
  12. 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。
  13. 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。
  14. 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。
  15. It isn't just the people at the top who are corrupt. I've seen cops shake people down on the street for money, cigarettes or booze.
    不仅仅是那些高层的人在腐败,我看到过警察在街上就跟人勒索钱丶香烟以及酒。
  16. 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。
  17. 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。
  18. 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。
  19. Somebody wanted to shake Mulwray down.
    有人想把默瑞整下台。
  20. 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。
  21. Shake down the duplicating and overlapping administrative organs.
    精简重复和重叠的行政机构。
  22. 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。
  23. 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。
  24. Why would you hire people to shake him down?
    你为什么还派人去恐吓他?
  25. 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。
  26. Shake down peasants by pretending to arrest them
    以逮捕为要挟向农民敲诈勒索
  27. Whilst we were traveling overseas some customs officials tried to shake us down for money.
    当我们在外国旅游的时候,一些海关官员曾想通过一些方法来算计我们的钱。
  28. Shake down the mercury after you have read and recorded the temperature.
    你看完温度并记录后,将水银甩下来。
  29. 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
  30. Through shake down testing and pilot-production, it is approved that it is practicable to do tractor holster welding with robot.
    通过调试试验及试生产证明利用弧焊机器人焊接拖拉机机架是可行的。