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blackmail n.勒索；敲诈vt.勒索；讹诈 (1) 因犯敲诈勒索罪她被送进监牢。(2) 他这个人为达到目的是心黑手辣的,但我认为他还不至于使用敲诈手段。(3) 有人想用他和情人的照片来敲诈勒索他。(4) 他想利用这种丑闻敲诈我。 Blackmail is a type of threat. For example, if a politician's assistant knew the politician was having an affair, the assistant could blackmail the politician by threatening to tell the press. Blackmailers usually want money in return for keeping something a secret, but an employee with dirt on a boss could blackmail the boss to get a promotion. Anyone making threats and demands in return for keeping a secret is engaged in blackmail.

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英 ['blækmeɪl] 美 ['blækmeɪl] (1) She was sent to prison for blackmail.(2) He can be ruthless in getting what he wants, but I believe he would stop short of blackmail.(3) Someone was trying to blackmail him with pictures of him and his mistress.(4) He tried to use the scandal to blackmail me. To blackmail someone is to use secret information to get something from them, usually money. Blackmailing is a crime. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]勒索；敲诈；讹诈 Blackmail is the action of threatening to reveal a secret about someone, unless they do something you tell them to do, such as giving you money. It looks like the pictures were being used for blackmail...这些照片好像被用于敲诈勒索。Opponents accused him of blackmail and extortion.对方指控他敲诈勒索。2[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]（情感或道德上的）迫使，胁迫 If you describe an action as emotional or moral blackmail, you disapprove of it because someone is using a person's emotions or moral values to persuade them to do something against their will.   [disapproval]The tactics employed can range from overt bullying to subtle emotional blackmail.从公然威吓到微妙的情感胁迫，各种战术都用上了。3[VERB 动词]勒索；敲诈；讹诈 If one person blackmails another person, they use blackmail against them.   [V n]  [V n into -ing/n]  [Also V n with n]He told her their affair would have to stop, because Jack Smith was blackmailing him...他告诉她说他们的婚外情必须结束了，因为杰克·史密斯正在敲诈他。The government insisted that it would not be blackmailed by violence...政府坚持说它不会接受暴力讹诈。I thought he was trying to blackmail me into saying whatever he wanted.我认为他想敲诈我，让我说出他想知道的一切。blackmailerThe nasty thing about a blackmailer is that his starting point is usually the truth.勒索者的可恶之处在于他一开始往往是从事实入手的。

英语单词	blackmail
英美音标	英 ['blækmeɪl] 美 ['blækmeɪl]
中文释义	n.勒索；敲诈 vt.勒索；讹诈
英语例句	(1) She was sent to prison for blackmail. (2) He can be ruthless in getting what he wants, but I believe he would stop short of blackmail. (3) Someone was trying to blackmail him with pictures of him and his mistress. (4) He tried to use the scandal to blackmail me.
中文例句	(1) 因犯敲诈勒索罪她被送进监牢。 (2) 他这个人为达到目的是心黑手辣的,但我认为他还不至于使用敲诈手段。 (3) 有人想用他和情人的照片来敲诈勒索他。 (4) 他想利用这种丑闻敲诈我。
vocabulary简明	To blackmail someone is to use secret information to get something from them, usually money. Blackmailing is a crime.
vocabulary扩展	Blackmail is a type of threat. For example, if a politician's assistant knew the politician was having an affair, the assistant could blackmail the politician by threatening to tell the press. Blackmailers usually want money in return for keeping something a secret, but an employee with dirt on a boss could blackmail the boss to get a promotion. Anyone making threats and demands in return for keeping a secret is engaged in blackmail.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]勒索；敲诈；讹诈 Blackmail is the action of threatening to reveal a secret about someone, unless they do something you tell them to do, such as giving you money. It looks like the pictures were being used for blackmail... 这些照片好像被用于敲诈勒索。 Opponents accused him of blackmail and extortion. 对方指控他敲诈勒索。 2 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]（情感或道德上的）迫使，胁迫 If you describe an action as emotional or moral blackmail, you disapprove of it because someone is using a person's emotions or moral values to persuade them to do something against their will. [disapproval] The tactics employed can range from overt bullying to subtle emotional blackmail. 从公然威吓到微妙的情感胁迫，各种战术都用上了。 3 [VERB 动词]勒索；敲诈；讹诈 If one person blackmails another person, they use blackmail against them. [V n] [V n into -ing/n] [Also V n with n] He told her their affair would have to stop, because Jack Smith was blackmailing him... 他告诉她说他们的婚外情必须结束了，因为杰克·史密斯正在敲诈他。 The government insisted that it would not be blackmailed by violence... 政府坚持说它不会接受暴力讹诈。 I thought he was trying to blackmail me into saying whatever he wanted. 我认为他想敲诈我，让我说出他想知道的一切。 blackmailer The nasty thing about a blackmailer is that his starting point is usually the truth. 勒索者的可恶之处在于他一开始往往是从事实入手的。

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