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

• Shake down the duplicating and overlapping administrative organs.
  精简重复和重叠的行政机构。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• Man, he's trying to shake us down.
  兄弟，他想摆脱我们。
• Why would you hire people to shake him down?
  你为什么还派人去恐吓他？
• Don't shake down the decorations on the Christmas tree.
  别摇落圣诞树上的装饰品。
• I knew his address and, yeah, I wanted to shake him down.
  我有他地址，只是想上门催债。