blackmail是什么意思,blackmail怎么读


blackmail基本信息

读法:英 ["blækmeɪl] 美 ["blækmel]

释义:

  • n. 勒索,敲诈;勒索所得之款
  • vt. 勒索,敲诈
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    英英释义

    Noun:

  • extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information
  • Verb:
  • exert pressure on someone through threats
  • obtain through threats
  • 中英词源

    blackmail 勒索

    black, 黑,此处指邪恶。mail, 此处指租金,贡金。来自16世纪苏格兰一些土匪向当地农民强制收租,类似保护费。

    blackmail
    blackmail: see mail
    blackmail (n.)
    1550s, from black (adj.) + Middle English male "rent, tribute," from Old English mal "lawsuit, terms, bargaining, agreement," from Old Norse mal "speech, agreement;" related to Old English mæðel "meeting, council," mæl "speech," Gothic maþl "meeting place," from Proto-Germanic *mathla-, from PIE *mod- "to meet, assemble" (see meet (v.)). From the practice of freebooting clan chieftains who ran protection rackets against Scottish farmers. Black from the evil of the practice. Expanded c. 1826 to any type of extortion money. Compare silver mail "rent paid in money" (1590s); buttock-mail (Scottish, 1530s) "fine imposed for fornication."
    blackmail (v.)
    1852, from blackmail (n.). Related: Blackmailed; blackmailing.

    词态变化

    第三人称单数 blackmails;
    过去式 blackmailed;
    过去分词 blackmailed;
    现在分词 blackmailing;

    权威造句

    1. She was a prime target for blackmail, don"t you see?
    她是敲诈的主要目标。你难道看不出来吗?

    来自柯林斯例句

    2. 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。

    来自柯林斯例句

    3. That was a terrible case of blackmail in the paper today.
    今天报上登的那宗勒索案真可怕。

    来自柯林斯例句

    4. It looks like the pictures were being used for blackmail.
    这些照片好像被用于敲诈勒索。

    来自柯林斯例句

    5. It"s blackmail, pure and simple.
    这纯粹是敲诈。

    来自柯林斯例句

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    近反义词

  • atomic blackmail 原子讹诈
  • levy blackmail upon 敲诈钱财
  • nuclear blackmail 核讹诈
  • 相似短语

  • moral blackmail 【法】 精神威胁
  • nuclear blackmail 核讹诈
  • levy blackmail upon 敲诈钱财
  • policy of atomic blackmail 【法】 原子讹诈政策
  • crime of blackmail in general 【法】 一般敲诈罪
  • black durain 黑暗煤
  • black marble in grains 黑大理石粒
  • blackened grain 致墨晶粒
  • black reclaim 【化】 黑再生胶
  • black camera paint 黑色照相机漆
  • 单词分析

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