请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 shake sth up
释义
  • English
  • Business

shake sth up

phrasal verb with shake uk/ʃeɪk/us/ʃeɪk/verb shook, shaken

C1 to cause large changes in something such as an organization, usually in order to make improvements:

Technological changes have shaken up many industries.
The first thing the new chairman of the company did was to shake up the management.
Several new players have been brought in to shake up the team.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Changing

  • a new broom sweeps clean idiom
  • about-turn
  • alter
  • alternate
  • alternation
  • bastardize
  • convert
  • move on
  • move the goalposts idiom
  • move with the times idiom
  • new
  • new broom
  • onto
  • reverse
  • swing
  • transform
  • transitional
  • transmogrify
  • transmute
  • turn (sb/sth) into sb/sth

See more results »

shake sth up

phrasal verb with shake uk/ʃeɪk/usverb [ T ]

to make important changes to a system or organization:

They saw the potential of the Internet to shake up the whole retail sector and change the way it works.
They appointed a new CEO to shake up the organization.
The new head of HR has already started to shake things up.
随便看

 

英语词典包含110679条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/10 20:04:13