A shakeup is when an organisation — a company, a government, a school, a sports team — makes a lot of big changes in a short time, hoping the place will work better afterwards. Jobs move. People at the top come and go. Old ways of doing things get thrown in the air.

A shakeup is所謂一次shakeup，指的是 when當 an organisation一個組織──a company, a government, a school, a sports team一間公司、一個政府、一所學校、一支運動隊伍──makes a lot of big changes in a short time在短時間內做出很多重大改變, hoping希望 the place will work better afterwards之後能運作得更好。Jobs職務 move會異動。People at the top高層的人 come and go來來去去。Old ways of doing things舊的做事方法 get thrown in the air全被打亂重來。

You will hear it most in the news: a cabinet shakeup, a management shakeup. It comes from the phrasal verb shake up, the picture of shaking a box until nothing sits where it did.

You will hear it most in the news你最常在新聞裡聽到它: a cabinet shakeup內閣改組, a management shakeup管理層大洗牌。It它 comes from來自 the phrasal verb shake up片語動詞shake up, the picture of搖晃一個箱子直到裡面東西都不在原位的畫面 shaking a box until nothing sits where it did。

Though actually, writers also stretch it for any sudden mix of plans, even when nobody is trying to “improve” anything — just change, fast. In careful print you may see shake-up with a hyphen; American headlines often run it as one word.

Though actually不過其實，writers也 also stretch it for把它延伸用在 any sudden mix of plans任何計畫突然被打亂的情況, even when即使 nobody is trying to “improve” anything沒有人是想「改善」什麼──just change, fast只是快速地改變而已。In careful print在講究的印刷用法裡 you may see你可能會看到 shake-up with a hyphen帶連字號的shake-up；American headlines美式標題 often run it as one word常常把它寫成一個字。

It is not the same as being shaken up after a shock. That is a person who is upset. A shakeup is the organisation turning itself over.

It它 is not the same as跟...不一樣 being shaken up after a shock受到打擊後被嚇到（being shaken up）。That那 is a person who is upset是一個心情不好的人。A shakeup是一次大改組 is指的是 the organisation turning itself over一個組織把自己整個翻過來。