shakedown
n
1 improvised bed 临时床铺: a shakedown on the floor 地铺.
2 (US infml 口) act of getting money by violence, threats, etc 勒索; 敲诈.
3 (US infml 口) thorough search 彻底的搜查
a shakedown of drug dealers 对毒贩进行的彻底搜查.
4 final test, eg of a ship, aircraft, etc 最後的测试(如对船、 飞行器等的)
[attrib 作定语]
a shakedown voyage, flight, trial, etc 最後试航、 试飞、 试用等.
🗣️ 情景例句
It was all worth it.
那完全值得。
Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain.
智力投资,决非虚掷。
Recent developments in astronomy have made it possible to detect planets in our won Milky Way and in other galaxies.