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. 勒索;敲诈;讹诈
SYN threat, intimidation, ransom, compulsion
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. (情感或道德上的)迫使,胁迫 [disapproval]
3 VERB 勒索;敲诈;讹诈 If one person blackmails another person, they use blackmail against them. 勒索;敲诈;讹诈 [Also VERB n + with]
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He told her their affair would have to stop, because Jack Smith was blackmailing him. [VERB noun]
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。
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The government insisted that it would not be blackmailed by violence. [be VERB-ed]
政府坚持说它不会接受暴力讹诈。
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I thought he was trying to blackmail me into saying whatever he wanted. [VERB noun + into]
我认为他想敲诈我,让我说出他想知道的一切。
SYN threaten, force, squeeze, compel
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