| 单词 | shake/rock the foundations of something |
| 释义 | shake/rock the foundations of somethingshake/rock the foundations of something (also shake/rock something to its foundations)CHANGE/BECOME DIFFERENT to completely change the way something is done or the way people think by having a completely new idea 从根本上动摇某事物；动摇某事物的基础 Darwin’s theory rocked the scientific establishment to its foundations. 达尔文的理论动摇了科学界的根基。 Examples from the Corpus shake/rock the foundations of something• Yet even as the competition fades into the history books, something also seems to be shaking the foundations of capitalism.• The money economy shook the foundations of a society composed mainly of lords and peasants.• The thunder seemed to shake the foundations of the building. → shake/rock the foundations of something at foundation(3) |
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