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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.
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It looks like the pictures were being used for blackmail...
这些照片好像被用于敲诈勒索。
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Opponents accused him of blackmail and extortion.
对方指控他敲诈勒索。
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（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.
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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。
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He told her their affair would have to stop, because Jack Smith was blackmailing him...
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...
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.
我认为他想敲诈我，让我说出他想知道的一切。
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The nasty thing about a blackmailer is that his starting point is usually the truth.
勒索者的可恶之处在于他一开始往往是从事实入手的。
- 1. The policemen kept blackmailing him, because they had sth. on him.
- 那些警察之所以经常去敲他的竹杠是因为抓住把柄了。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
