shape-up

英 ['ʃeɪpʌp] 美 ['ʃeɪpˌʌp]

• n. 临时工人的挑选

英英释义

Noun:

1. a way of hiring longshoremen by the day; applicants gather around a union boss who selects those to be hired

经典引文

• As the Central Intelligence Agency became mired in inefficiency, Schlesinger was tapped for the shape-up operation.

  出自：Time

词汇搭配

• shape-up exercise 形体训练
• shape up 形成