shakedown

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shake·down /ˈʃeɪkdaʊn/ noun [countableC]

1 American EnglishAmE informalTHREATEN when someone gets money from another person by using threats 敲诈，勒索

a Mafia shakedown

黑手党敲诈

2 American EnglishAmE informalLOOK FOR a thorough search of a place or a person 彻底搜查

No weapons were found during the shakedown.

这次搜查没有发现武器。

3. a period of time when people start to get used to a new arrangement and it becomes more effective 〔人们对新安排的〕融入期，适应期

4. a period of time when prices are falling on a financial market 〔金融市场的〕调整期，下跌期

5 TEST/EXPERIMENTa final test of a boat, plane etc before it is put into general use 〔船、飞机等的〕最后测试，试航

The new system is in its shakedown phase.

这个新的系统正处于最后测试阶段。

6. the final shakedown the final situation, after a lot of other things have happened 〔许多事情发生后的〕最后的形势

Examples from the Corpus

shakedown• Recently, there have been signs that the romance market is in the process of a shakedown.• Not enough in there, after the shakedown.• No firearms were found during the shakedowns at the prison, but guards did recover several knives.• I am sitting on the edge of the shakedown bed I had hoped to sleep in.• Instead, the legislators flee accountability and hide behind a private agreement, asking merely to be let in on the shakedown.

From Longman Business Dictionary

shakedownshake·down /ˈʃeɪkdaʊn/ (also shake-down) noun [countableC]

1a period of time when people start to get used to a new arrangement and it becomes more effective

The company is expected to enter its final shakedown phase by the middle of September.

2FINANCE a period of time when prices are falling on a financial market

The shakedown in engineering shares seems to be nearly over, with only minor declines yesterday.

3American EnglishAmE the process of getting money from someone, using threats

He had banked $25,000 in one day from the shakedown of bucket-shop proprietors, shady dealers in the stock market.

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BNC: 49063 COCA: 23685

shakedown