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extort

英 [ɪkˈstɔːt]

美 [ɪkˈstɔːrt]

v.  敲诈; 勒索; 强夺

过去分词:extorted 现在分词:extorting 过去式:extorted 第三人称单数:extorts 

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牛津词典

    verb

    • 敲诈;勒索;强夺
      to make sb give you sth by threatening them
      1. The gang extorted money from over 30 local businesses.
        这帮歹徒向当地30多户商家勒索过钱财。

    柯林斯词典

    • VERB 敲诈;勒索
      If someoneextortsmoneyfromyou, they get it from you using force, threats, or other unfair or illegal means.
      1. Corrupt government officials were extorting money from him...
        腐败的政府官员向他敲诈钱财。
      2. Her kidnapper extorted a £75,000 ransom for her release.
        绑架者索要75,000英镑赎金才肯放她。
    • VERB 强取;逼取
      If someoneextortssomethingfromyou, they get it from you with difficulty or by using unfair means.
      1. Some magistrates have abused their powers of arrest to extort confessions.
        有些地方执法官滥用逮捕权进行逼供。

    英英释义

    verb

    • get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner
        Synonym:wring from
      1. obtain by coercion or intimidation
        1. They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss
        2. They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him
        Synonym:squeezerackgougewring
      2. obtain through intimidation

        双语例句

        • How do I not get excited, listening to you try to extort a working man?
          听到你勒索一个工人怎么能让我不兴奋?
        • "It's a vile attempt to extort money," said Mr. Pickwick.
          这是下流的敲竹杠的企图,匹克威克先生说。
        • These reports quoted Walmart initially saying that it thought the customer was trying to extort money.
          这些报道援引沃尔玛最初的话表示,该公司认为,这名消费者是想讹诈。
        • A21-year-old suspect has been arrested for poisoning goods to extort money from a supermarket in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, Guangzhou Daily reported.
          据《广州日报》报道,一名21岁的嫌疑人因投毒勒索广东省广州市的一家超市而被捕。
        • He among others stood out the most. They absolutely must not harm the people or extort money from them.
          他站在人群中格外醒目。严格禁止坑害勒索群众。
        • A way to extort money from the company you hated!
          只是你向你痛恨的公司进行的一种勒索!
        • Claims that she tried to extort money from him.
          声称女巫想从他身上榨钱。
        • Organized gangs in the area extort protection money from local business people who are too frightened to refuse.
          这个地区有组织的匪徒向那些吓得不敢抗拒的本地商人勒索保护费。
        • I wouldn't extort a nickel from my worst enemy.
          我不会从我最糟糕的敌人那儿勒索一分钱的。
        • Coming on the US Memorial Day holiday, the blast may also be a message to Barack Obama, US president, from whom impoverished North Korea wants to extort money and food.
          这次核试验在美国阵亡将士纪念日(memorialday)举行,可能也是向美国总统巴拉克奥巴马(barackobama)发出一个信息,贫穷的朝鲜希望向他索要资金和粮食。