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
- 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。 - 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？ - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。