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

• 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。
• "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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• If a mobile company could use the threat of blocking a service to extort higher fees, would innovation be stopped in its tracks?
  如果一家移动公司能够以屏蔽某项服务为威胁来逼迫使用者支付更高费用，创新是否会胎死腹中？
• The problem, as he saw it, was that workers could use the threat of industrial unrest to extort money from their bosses.
  他认为，问题在于，工人们会用罢工威胁向老板们勒索。
• 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？
• He was tortured by police in order to extort a guilty confession and when news of this was made public, it astounded the entire country.
  他被警方屈打成招，当这条新闻向大众公开的时候，全国都震惊了。
• Claims that she tried to extort money from him.
  声称女巫想从他身上榨钱。