blackmails

英 [ˈblækmeɪlz] 美 [ˈblækmeɪlz]

v.  勒索; 敲诈; 要挟; 胁迫
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  1. N-UNCOUNT 勒索；敲诈；讹诈
    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.
    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。
  2. N-UNCOUNT （情感或道德上的）迫使，胁迫
    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.
    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。
  3. VERB 勒索；敲诈；讹诈
    If one person blackmails another 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。
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双语例句

  1. Serena: Why would I want to be friends with somebody who blackmails me.
    我为什么要和勒索我的人做朋友。
  2. Jasper blackmails Annie with photographic proof of her hit-and-run, but she gives Jasper an ultimatum that puts her mind at ease.
    碧玉敲诈与她打摄影证明安妮和经营，但她给贾斯珀发出最后通牒，提出心安。
  3. The greedy imperialist powers made new blackmails and enlarge the amount of the indemnity by resorting to such peremptory means as turning the indemnity of silver for silver into gold for silver, and the Case of Gold Franc.
    贪得无厌的列强再次施展蛮横手段，通过赔银给银变成赔银给金及金法郎案等，进行新的敲诈勒索，扩大赔款数额；
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