| 单词 | an even shake | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasan even shake  i.   a fair shake: a fair deal. Also,  an even shake,  a good shake, and opposed to,  an unfair shake. U.S. slang. ΚΠ 1830    Central Watchtower & Farmer's Jrnl. 		(Harrodsburg, Kentucky)	 22 May 1/3  				Says I, any way that will be a fair shake. 1845    W. T. Thompson Chron. Pineville 34  				Give Bill Sweeny a fair shake, and he can whoop blue blazes out of ye. 1847    D. P. Thompson Locke Amsden 59  				Now you know, father, that wasn't a fair shake . 1902    S. E. White Blazed Trail xxxi. 218  				‘That ain't a fair shake,’ cried the man excitedly. 1949    E. B. White Let. 20 Nov. 		(1976)	 315  				The New Yorker disagrees with practically everything Boyer believes in... Nevertheless, it has given Boyer a fair shake. 1969    L. G. Arthur in  A. E. Wilkerson Rights of Children 		(1973)	 x. 124  				What does the child receive in return:..just psychiatric screen, shiny tiled walls, and electronic listening. It doesn't seem an even shake! 1972    Time 17 Apr. 33/1  				The Administration took office..expecting an unfair shake. 1976    M. Machlin Pipeline xix. 243  				What about the natives? They're not getting such a good shake. 1980    in  S. Terkel Amer. Dreams 341  				I'd like to see an America where so much power was not in the hands of the few. Where everybody'd get a fair shake. < as lemmas  | 
	
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