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单词 shake someone up
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shakesomeoneup

phrasal verbwithshakeverb
uk
/ʃeɪk/us
/ʃeɪk/
shook|shaken
C2
If anunpleasantexperienceshakessomeone up, it makes themfeelshockedandupset:
Ithinkshe wasprettyshakenup by theaccident.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Making people sad, shocked and upset
  • aback
  • amiss
  • appal
  • be laughing on the other side ofyourfaceidiom
  • bite
  • gnaw
  • haunt
  • heartbreaker
  • heartbreakingly
  • hit/touch a (raw) nerveidiom
  • mess
  • nerve
  • screw(something)up
  • sensitivity
  • shakesomeoneout ofsomething
  • shake/rocksomethingtoitsfoundationsidiom
  • shattering
  • shocker
  • tear
  • toxic
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shakesomethingup

phrasal verbwithshakeverb
uk
/ʃeɪk/us
/ʃeɪk/
shook|shaken
C1
tocauselargechangesin something such as anorganization, usually inorderto makeimprovements:
Technologicalchangeshaveshakenup manyindustries.
The first thing the newchairmanof thecompanydid was toshakeup themanagement.
Several newplayershave beenbroughtin toshakeup theteam.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Changing
  • about-face
  • about-turn
  • alterable
  • altered
  • alternate
  • commute
  • drip
  • modulate
  • modulation
  • move on
  • move the goalpostsidiom
  • move with the timesidiom
  • pivot
  • rewrite
  • sanitization
  • shakesomeoneout ofsomething
  • stead
  • steepness
  • sway
  • switch up
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shake-up
noun[Cusually singular]
uk
/ˈʃeɪk.ʌp/us
/ˈʃeɪk.ʌp/
alargechangein the way something isorganized:
Thecompanyisundergoingaradicalshake-up.
Thearrivalof the newbabycausedathoroughshake-upoftheirfamilylife.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Change and changes
  • adjustment
  • alteration
  • anti-evolutionism
  • be ahead of the curveidiom
  • blip
  • flip-flop
  • fluctuation
  • gradation
  • gyrate
  • gyration
  • inconstancy
  • reversal
  • reversion
  • revolution
  • rhythm
  • sea change
  • untick
  • variation
  • vicissitudes
  • youthquake
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(Definition ofshake someone upfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

shake something up| American Dictionary

shakesomethingup

phrasal verbwithshakeverb
us
/ʃeɪk/
past tenseshookus/ʃʊk/|past participleshakenus/ˈʃeɪ·kən/

(CAUSE CHANGE)

tocausechangesto something,esp. inorderto makeimprovements:
He’srunningforsenatoras anoutsiderwho will shake things up.

shakesomeoneup

phrasal verbwithshakeverb
us
/ʃeɪk/
past tenseshookus/ʃʊk/|past participleshakenus/ˈʃeɪ·kən/

(UPSET)

toupsetsomeone:
It really shook Gerry up when hisbestfriendmovedaway.
(Definition ofshake something upfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

shake sth up| Business English

shake sth up

phrasal verbwithshakeverb[T]
uk
/ʃeɪk/us
to makeimportantchangesto asystemororganization:
Theysawthepotentialof theInternettoshakeup thewholeretailsectorandchangethe way itworks.
Theyappointeda newCEOtoshakeup theorganization.
The newheadof HR has alreadystartedtoshakethings up.
(Definition ofshake sth upfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofshake someone up

shake someone up
Conservatives needed ashake-upof the context before they could successfully introduce an interpretive dimension based on economic criteria.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Most leading legal officials agreed that a more decisiveshake-upof the prison system was necessary.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The history of political militancy seen through the eyes of individual teachers starts with the significance of theshake-upprovoked by agrarian reform on teachers' politics.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It had an administrativeshake-upand a big sales drive.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
If private enterprise had been concerned with a fiasco of this proportion there would have been a majorshake-upand heads would have rolled.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It was a thoroughshake-upfor those who had been rather dilly-dallying about the matter for the last twelve years.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
You said that you have a totalshake-upof the framework programme in mind.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
It represents a hugeshake-upin the industry, compared with today's difficult conditions.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
In fact, what it implies is a completeshake-upof all the great problems which are central to our times.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That is the drastic exportshake-upgoing on at present.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
But it might entail a considerableshake-upin the tradition and practice of the deployment of the building industry.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
For a long time it has been inevitable, even if we do not like it, that there must come ashake-upin industry.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I believe that theshake-upshould go further.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The truth of the matter is that the industry is undergoing a majorshake-up.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I welcome the report and theshake-upit has triggered.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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