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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Don't extort money from others.
勿强拿别人的钱。 - Sing attempts to extort money from one of the ordinary locals, but the neighbors are not what they appear.
星仔试图在一个叫“猪笼城寨”的地方对居民敲诈，却不知道他们个个身怀绝技。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - "Where a state functionary charged with implementing this Law takes advantage of his position and power to extort and accept bribes, he shall be punished according to*" various countries have tried to use it for different purposes.
执行本法的国家工作人员，利用职权索许多国家试图把它用作各种不同目的。