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

• Somebody wanted to shake Mulwray down.
  有人想把默瑞整下台。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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！
• Man, he's trying to shake us down.
  兄弟，他想摆脱我们。
• Shake down the duplicating and overlapping administrative organs.
  精简重复和重叠的行政机构。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Don't shake down the decorations on the Christmas tree.
  别摇落圣诞树上的装饰品。