blackmail
blackmail 英 [ˈblækmeɪl] 美 [ˈblækˌmel]
n. 勒索，敲诈；勒索所得之款 vt. 勒索，敲诈
进行时:blackmailing 过去式:blackmailed 过去分词:blackmailed 第三人称单数:blackmails 名词复数:blackmails
- To blackmail someone is to use secret information to get something from them, usually money. Blackmailing is a crime.
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- n. 勒索，敲诈；勒索所得之款
- vt. 勒索，敲诈
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1. She demanded ＄ 1000 blackmail from him.
她向他敲诈了1000美元。
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2. He broke her by the threat of blackmail.
他用敲诈勒索的威胁使她屈服。
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3. Second, she is using her tears as emotional blackmail, a form of manipulation, and he resents it.
第二，她利用她的眼泪进行情感勒索，作为一种操纵方式，他讨厌这样。
- blackmail (n.) 1550s, "tribute paid to men allied with criminals as protection against pillage, etc.," 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.)).
- blackmail (v.) "to extort money or goods from by intimidation or threat," especially of exposure of some wrong-doing, 1852, from blackmail (n.). Related: Blackmailed; blackmailing.
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