单词 | shake up |
释义 | shake up1. 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 shakeIf you are shaken up or shook up by an unpleasant experience, 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 justfine. [VERB-ed PARTICLE] [Also VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] shake-upWord forms: plural shake-upsregional 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 serviceshake-ups. Synonyms: reorganization, revolution, reformation, shift More Synonyms of shake up shake up in British Englishverb (tr, adverb) 1. to shake or agitate in order to mix 2. to reorganize drastically 3. to stir or rouse 4. to restore the shape of (a pillow, cushion, etc) 5. informal to disturb or shock mentally or physically noun shake-up 6. informal a radical or drastic reorganization shake-up in British English (ˈʃeɪkʌp) noun a major set of changes in an organization or a system Doctors yesterday delivered an overwhelming vote of no confidence in controversialhealth service shake-ups. Many were eager for a shake-up in the two-party system. a radical shake-up of the secondary education system shake up in American English1. to shake, esp. so as to mix, blend, or loosen 2. to disturb or rouse by or as by shaking 3. to jar or shock 4. to redistribute or reorganize by or as by shaking shake-up in American English (ˈʃeɪkˌʌp) noun 1. the act or an instance of shaking up 2. US a reorganization of a drastic or extensive nature, as in policy or personnel Examples of 'shake up' in a sentence |
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