| 单词 | shake up |
| 释义 | shake up 1. phrasal verb If someone shakes up something such as an organization, an institution, or a profession, they make major changes to it. The government wanted to reform the institutions, to shake up the country. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Shareholders are preparing to shake things up in the boardrooms. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 2. See also shake-up 3. phrasal verb See full dictionary entry for shake If you are shaken up by an unpleasant experience, or if something shakes you up, it makes you feel shocked and upset, and unable to think calmly or clearly. The jockey was shaken up when he was thrown twice from his horse yesterday. [be VERB-ed PARTICLE] He was in the car when those people died. That really shook him up. [VERB noun PARTICLE] He said that the accident had left her a bit shook up, but she was going to be just fine. [VERB-ed PARTICLE] shake-up Word forms: shake-ups regional note: in AM, use shakeup countable noun A shake-up is a major set of changes in an organization or a system. [journalism] ...a radical shake-up of the secondary education system. [+ of/in] Doctors delivered an overwhelming vote of no confidence in controversial health service shake-ups. Synonyms: reorganization, revolution, reformation, shift Translations: Chinese: 大改组组织剧变 Japanese: 大刷新 |
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