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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

blackmail

英  [ˈblækmeɪl]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • 1. [U 不可数名词] 敲诈

    Blackmail is the action of threatening to reveal a secret about someone, unless they do something you tell them to do, such as giving you money.

    双语例句

    例：

    It looks like the pictures were being used for blackmail.

    看来这些照片当时被用于敲诈勒索。

    2. [U 不可数名词] 要挟

    If you describe an action as emotional or moral blackmail, you disapprove of it because someone is using a person's emotions or moral values to persuade them to do something against their will.

    双语例句

    例：

    The tactics employed can range from overt bullying to subtle emotional blackmail.

    使用的手段从公开恐吓到情感要挟花样百出。

    VERB. 动词

  • blackmails , blackmailing , blackmailed

    1. [T 及物动词] 敲诈

    If one person blackmails another person, they use blackmail against them.

    双语例句

    例：

    He told her their affair would have to stop, because Jack Smith was blackmailing him.

    他告诉她他们俩的风流韵事不得不到此为止，因为杰克·史密斯正在借此敲诈他。

    例：

    The government insisted that it would not be blackmailed by violence.

    政府坚称不会受暴力要挟。

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