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

• 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。
• 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。
• I knew his address and, yeah, I wanted to shake him down.
  我有他地址，只是想上门催债。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• Don't shake down the decorations on the Christmas tree.
  别摇落圣诞树上的装饰品。
• 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。
• 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。