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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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
  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

• 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。
• 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。
• Claims that she tried to extort money from him.
  声称女巫想从他身上榨钱。
• 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。
• 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。
• "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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The only aim of talks, then, would be to extort money and energy supplies from the international community in return for minor concessions.
  那么，朝鲜进行六方会谈的唯一目标，将是以微小的让步为条件，敲诈国际社会的金钱和能源供应。