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Blackmail N Uncount 勒索;敲诈;讹诈 Action Emotional Moral 例:The 英[ˈblækmeɪl

单词 blackmail
音标
英[ˈblækmeɪl] 美[ˈblækˌmel]
解释
n.敲诈,勒索;(盗匪征收的)保护费,免抢税;vt.胁迫,勒索,敲诈,讹诈;
例句

N-UNCOUNT
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.
例:It looks like the pictures were being used for blackmail...这些照片好像被用于敲诈勒索。
例:Opponents accused him of blackmail and extortion.对方指控他敲诈勒索。

N-UNCOUNT
(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.
例: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。

VERB
勒索;敲诈;讹诈
If one person blackmails another person, they use blackmail against them.
例: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。
例: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。
变形
third:blackmails~done:blackmailed~ing:blackmailing~past:blackmailed~

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