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。
• Why would you hire people to shake him down?
  你为什么还派人去恐吓他？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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！
• I knew his address and, yeah, I wanted to shake him down.
  我有他地址，只是想上门催债。
• Shake down the duplicating and overlapping administrative organs.
  精简重复和重叠的行政机构。
• 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。
• You will soon shake down at the new post.
  你很快就会适应新的工作岗位的。
• 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。