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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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