词组 | shake up |
释义 | shake up 1. shake sb up • shake up sb to give someone a very unpleasant shock, so that they feel very upset and frightened: ▪ Seeing that accident really shook me up. ▪ When we heard the news were too shaken up and surprised to react immediately. 2. shake up sth • shake sth up to make big changes to a company or organization over a short period of time, in order to make it more effective: ▪ A new director was brought in last year to shake things up. ▪ When Albano was sworn in as mayor two weeks ago, he vowed to shake up the police department. shake-up n C when big changes are made to a company or organization over a short period of time, in order to make it more effective: ▪ a financial crisis that led to a major management shake-up ▪ a huge shake-up of the education system |
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