英语词源
- shake-down (n.)
- also shakedown, 1730, "impromptu bed made upon loose straw," from verbal phrase; see shake (v.) + down (adv.). Meaning "forced contribution" (1902) is from the verbal phrase in a slang sense "blackmail, extort" (1872). Meaning "a thorough search" is from 1914; perhaps from the notion of measuring corn. The oldest use of the verbal phrase shake down is "cause to totter and fall" (c. 1400).
权威例句
- 1. The government wanted to reform the institutions, to shake up the country.
- 政府想要实施机构改革，整顿国家。
- 2. While the water was heating she decided to shake out the carpet.
- 趁着烧水的时候，她决定将地毯抖抖干净。
- 3. I've even seen her shake Zara when she's been naughty.
- 我甚至见过她在扎拉淘气的时候使劲摇晃她。
- 4. Shareholders are preparing to shake things up in the boardrooms of America.
- 股东们正准备在美国的公司董事会议上作出重大调整。
- 5. No amount of reasoning could shake him out of his conviction.
- 再怎样跟他讲道理都不能让他放弃自己认准的事。