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单词 blackmail
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black·mail

noun
/ˈblækmeɪl/
/ˈblækmeɪl/
[uncountable]
  1. the crime of demanding money from a person by threatening to tell somebody else a secret about them勒索;敲诈Topics Crime and punishmentc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • emotional
    • moral
    • economic
    blackmail + noun
    • attempt
    • threat
    • plot
  2. the act of putting pressure on a person or a group to do something they do not want to do, for example by making threats or by making them feel guilty胁迫;威胁;恐吓
    • emotional/moral blackmail情感上/道德上胁迫
    • We can’t let them practise this emotional blackmail on us.我们不能让他们对我们施以这种情感上的胁迫。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • emotional
    • moral
    • economic
    blackmail + noun
    • attempt
    • threat
    • plot
  3. Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting protection money levied by Scottish chiefs): from black + obsolete mail ‘tribute, rent’, from Old Norse mál ‘speech, agreement’.

black·mail

verb
/ˈblækmeɪl/
/ˈblækmeɪl/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they blackmail
/ˈblækmeɪl/
/ˈblækmeɪl/
he / she / it blackmails
/ˈblækmeɪlz/
/ˈblækmeɪlz/
past simple blackmailed
/ˈblækmeɪld/
/ˈblækmeɪld/
past participle blackmailed
/ˈblækmeɪld/
/ˈblækmeɪld/
-ing form blackmailing
/ˈblækmeɪlɪŋ/
/ˈblækmeɪlɪŋ/
  1. to force somebody to give you money or do something for you by threatening them, for example by saying you will tell people a secret about them勒索;敲诈;要挟;胁迫
    • blackmail somebody She blackmailed him for years by threatening to tell the newspapers about their affair.她以向报界公开他们的私情要挟了他很多年。
    • blackmail somebody into doing something The president said he wouldn't be blackmailed into agreeing to the terrorists' demands.总统说他不会因受恐怖分子的威胁而答应他们的要求。
    Extra Examples
    • Don't let him emotionally blackmail you.不要让他在情感上胁迫你。
    • She says she was virtually blackmailed into giving up her claim to the property.她说自己实际上是受人胁迫而放弃了财产要求。
    • Voters were effectively blackmailed into voting ‘Yes’.投票者实际上是被胁迫而投了“赞成”票。
    Topics Crime and punishmentc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • effectively
    • virtually
    • emotionally
    verb + blackmail
    • attempt to
    • try to
    preposition
    • into
    Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting protection money levied by Scottish chiefs): from black + obsolete mail ‘tribute, rent’, from Old Norse mál ‘speech, agreement’.
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