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

• Man, he's trying to shake us down.
  兄弟，他想摆脱我们。
• 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 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
• 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。
• 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。
• You will soon shake down at the new post.
  你很快就会适应新的工作岗位的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。