blackmail

英 [ˈblækmeɪl]

美 [ˈblækmeɪl]

n.  勒索; 敲诈; 胁迫; 威胁; 恐吓
v.  勒索; 敲诈; 要挟; 胁迫

现在分词：blackmailing　过去分词：blackmailed　过去式：blackmailed　第三人称单数：blackmails　

考研TOEFLGRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.11953 / COCA.17169

牛津词典

noun

• 勒索；敲诈
  the crime of demanding money from a person by threatening to tell sb else a secret about them
• 胁迫；威胁；恐吓
  the act of putting pressure on a person or a group to do sth they do not want to do, for example by making threats or by making them feel guilty
  1. emotional/moral blackmail
     情感上 / 道德上胁迫

verb

• 勒索；敲诈；要挟；胁迫
  to force sb to give you money or do sth for you by threatening them, for example by saying you will tell people a secret about them
  1. She blackmailed him for years by threatening to tell the newspapers about their affair.
     她以向报纸公开他们的恋情要挟了他很多年。
  2. The President said he wouldn't be blackmailed into agreeing to the terrorists' demands.
     总统说他不会因受恐怖分子的威胁而答应他们的要求。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 勒索；敲诈；讹诈
  Blackmailis the action of threatening to reveal a secret about someone, unless they do something you tell them to do, such as giving you money.
  1. It looks like the pictures were being used for blackmail...
     这些照片好像被用于敲诈勒索。
  2. 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 moralblackmail, you disapprove of it because someone is using a person's emotions or moral values to persuade them to do something against their will.
  1. 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 personblackmailsanother person, they use blackmail against them.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。

英英释义

noun

• extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information

verb

• obtain through threats
• exert pressure on someone through threats
  Synonym:blackjackpressure

双语例句

• We can't let Macmillan practice this emotional blackmail on us.
  我们不能听任麦克米伦对我们进行这种感情上的讹诈。
• Men are used to being competitive and so they fear someone could blackmail them or betray them.
  男性习惯了在竞争中生存，因而他们害怕有人会借此敲诈或背叛他们。
• 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。
• The blackmail became an investment for me.
  勒索变成我的一项投资了。
• It looks like the pictures were being used for blackmail
  这些照片好像被用于敲诈勒索。
• These regimes could use such weapons for blackmail, terror, and mass murder.
  这些政权可能利用这类武器进行讹诈、制造恐怖和进行大规模谋杀活动。
• She showed me the blackmail photos.
  她把勒索照片给我看了。
• And this very fact underscores the reason we cannot live under the threat of blackmail.
  这事实也显出我们再也不能在讹诈的威胁中生存了。
• We did not engage in blackmail nor did we have an irrational request.
  我们不是在勒索，也没有提出不合理的要求。
• 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。