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
• 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
• obtain through intimidation

双语例句

• 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！
• Don't extort money from others.
  勿强拿别人的钱。
• 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。
• Corrupt government officials were extorting money from him
  腐败的政府官员向他敲诈钱财。
• What do I want today? I have only to ask for it. I may seek earnestly, but not as if I had to use pressure and extort an unwilling gift from the LORD's hand; for He will give freely.
  我今天要什麽？我只要单纯地、迫切地向上帝求，上帝绝不是小气、很勉强才给礼物的上帝，祂是乐于施恩的天父。
• Neither does the wisest man extort her secret, and lose his curiosity by finding out all her perfection.
  如同最慧者也不会因揭露大自然奥秘、发现其完美，而丧失对其好奇之心。
• 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。
• 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。
• But many Uzbeks claim the security forces are using that as a pretext to extort money from residents.
  但是许多乌兹别克斯坦人声称，安全力量用此作为向居民敲诈勒索的接口。
• 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。