美国人这样说英语 第2期:威胁

 　　extort¹

　　用威胁的和强迫的手段进行勒索、敲诈。

　　He has been extorting² money from her for 5 years.

　　他勒索她长达5年之久。

　　threaten

　　威胁

　　He has verbally threatened me for longtime.

　　他一直用语言威胁我。

　　blackmail³

　　就是指抓住对方的弱点进行威胁和恐吓！

　　win-win situation

　　表示双方都很满意

　　That would be a win-win situation(=No one is going to lose.).

　　谁也没有损失，对每个人都有好处。

1 extort   

v.勒索，敲诈，强要

参考例句：

• The blackmailer tried to extort a large sum of money from him.勒索者企图向他勒索一大笔钱。
• They absolutely must not harm the people or extort money from them.严格禁止坑害勒索群众。

2 extorting   

v.敲诈( extort的现在分词 )；曲解

参考例句：

• Corrupt government officials were extorting money from him. 腐败的政府官员向他敲诈钱财。 来自辞典例句
• He's been charged with extorting protection money from the shopkeepers. 他被指控对店主敲诈勒索保护费。 来自互联网

3 blackmail   

n.讹诈，敲诈，勒索，胁迫，恫吓

参考例句：

• She demanded ＄1000 blackmail from him.她向他敲诈了1000美元。
• The journalist used blackmail to make the lawyer give him the documents.记者讹诈那名律师交给他文件。