extort是什么意思_extort怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

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"

get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner

中英词源

extort 勒索

ex-, 向外。-tort, 扭曲，词源同turn, contort. 即过高要求，勒索。

extort: extort: see torment
extort (v.): 1520s (as a past participle adj. from early 15c.), "obtain by force or compulsion; wrest away by oppressive means," from Latin extortus, past participle of extorquere "obtain by force," literally "wrench out" (see extortion). Related: Extorted; extorting.

词态变化

第三人称单数 extorts;
过去式 extorted;
过去分词 extorted;
现在分词 extorting;
名词 extortion;

权威造句

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。

2. The police used torture to extort a confession from him.: 警察对他用刑逼供.

3. The blackmailer tried to extort a large sum of money from him.: 勒索者企图向他勒索一大笔钱.

4. The police used torture to extort a confession from me.: 警方用刑逼我口供.

5. They absolutely must not harm the people or extort money from them.: 严格禁止坑害勒索群众.

近反义词

wring 拧

squeeze 挤压

extract 摘录

wrest 夺取

force 武力

screw 螺钉

wring from 向 ... 勒索

gouge 用圆凿子挖

rack 行李架

相似短语

confession of extort 【法】逼供

extort from v.向...敲诈

extort sth from sb 强取, 勒索, 敲诈

单词分析

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