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
Collins.1 / BNC.20836 / COCA.19443
牛津词典
verb
- 敲诈；勒索；强夺
to make sb give you sth by threatening them- 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。
- The gang extorted money from over 30 local businesses.
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.- Corrupt government officials were extorting money from him...
腐败的政府官员向他敲诈钱财。 - 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。
- Corrupt government officials were extorting money from him...
- VERB 强取;逼取
If someoneextortssomethingfromyou, they get it from you with difficulty or by using unfair means.- 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。
- Some magistrates have abused their powers of arrest to extort confessions.
英英释义
verb
- get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner
- obtain by coercion or intimidation
- They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss
- They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him
- obtain through intimidation
双语例句
- Don't extort money from others.
勿强拿别人的钱。 - 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。 - 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。 - As one young man said recently: Every week the police and immigration come and extort money from us, but the Chinese embassy does nothing, they just look down on us.
正如一名年轻的中国人最近所说的：警察和移民局的人每周都来找我们要钱，可中国大使馆什么也不做，他们根本瞧不起我们。 - 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？ - Moneylenders offer help, but extort a heavy price.
高利贷者愿提供帮助，但要索取沉重的代价。 - 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！ - 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。 - Police have not so far been able to extort a confession from the people accused of the bombing.
警方迄今尚未能迫使被控制造爆炸案者招供。 - 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。