shake down

基本解釋

A President is in a sense lucky if he is faced with a crisis early on; it enables him to shake down his team.
在某種意義上說，一個(gè)總統(tǒng)能早點(diǎn)遇到危機(jī)是件幸運(yùn)的事，因?yàn)檫@使他可以調(diào)整好他的班子。
Pakistan’s leaders, after all, cooperate with the drones and exploit popular anti-American sentiment to shake down Washington. The strikes become cards for Pakistan to play, however cynically.
實(shí)際上無人機(jī)并不是造成障礙的元兇，巴基斯坦當(dāng)局一方面支持這些無人機(jī)行動(dòng)，一方面又在利用反美情緒和華盛頓周旋，諷刺的是這些攻擊成為了巴基斯坦手上的一張牌。
We had some small problems at the shake-down in the UK and those that we had today were not physical problems but little issues with the installation.
我們?cè)谟龅倪b感測(cè)試表明有一些小問題，但我們今天在賽車本身上沒有問題，除了在配置上有一些小問題外。
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Little Rock's a fine town. Now, shake down your gear.
Then a bunch of terrible things obviously begin to happen that shake the security of this society, and ultimately bring it down.
然后,顯然一些可怕的事情開始發(fā)生了,它動(dòng)搖了社會(huì)的安定,最終導(dǎo)致其崩潰
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Then a sudden and violent wind began to shake the tree and its leaves kept coming down all around me.

Is Grassley's ploy a ham-fisted attempt to shake down rich Wall Streeters for campaign contributions?
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If someone shakes you down, they use threats or search you physically in order to obtain something from you.
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