extort
美音:[ık´stɔ:t
]
英音:[ık´stɔ:t
]
v.敲诈,逼取,强取,勒索
难易程度:
extort为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
形容词:extortive 名词:extorter 动词过去式:extorted 过去分词:extorted 现在分词:extorting 第三人称单数:extorts
近义词, 同义词
extort
/ɪk'stɔ:t; ɪk`stɔrt/
v [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth (from sb) obtain sth by violence, threats, etc 强夺; 强抢; 勒索; 敲诈
*extort money from sb 勒索某人的金钱
* The police used torture to extort a confession from him. 警方对他严刑逼供.
v [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth (from sb) obtain sth by violence, threats, etc 强夺; 强抢; 勒索; 敲诈
*extort money from sb 勒索某人的金钱
* The police used torture to extort a confession from him. 警方对他严刑逼供.
extort
v [T]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin;Origin: , past participle of extorquere, from torquere 'to twist']
to illegally force someone to give you something, especially money, by threatening them
→blackmailextort sth from sb
Rebels extorted money from local villagers.
>extortion [ɪk'stɔːʃən (US) -ɔːr-/
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin;Origin: , past participle of extorquere, from torquere 'to twist']
to illegally force someone to give you something, especially money, by threatening them
→blackmailextort sth from sb
Rebels extorted money from local villagers.
>extortion [ɪk'stɔːʃən (US) -ɔːr-/
京公网安备 11011202003401号
