Word · Frequency #11953
blackmailing
勒索；敲诈
blackmailing is the present participle of blackmail.
核心释义
to get money or favors from someone by threatening to harm their reputation, cause them distress, or make false accusations
- 1.
利用他人对名誉受损、精神痛苦、诬告等非身体伤害的恐惧,勒索钱财或好处
To extort money or favors from (a person) by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, such as injury to reputation, distress of mind, false accusation, etc.
- 2.
通过威胁对某人施加压力
exert pressure on someone through threats
- 3.
通过威胁获取
obtain through threats
胁迫；威逼；利用他人对名誉受损、精神痛苦、诬告等非身体伤害的恐惧,勒索钱财或好处；通过威胁对某人施加压力；通过威胁获取；勒索
用法In use
He tried to blackmail his former employer with a secret photo.
用法提示：blackmail 在这里是动词，表示“敲诈”，通过威胁曝光照片来索取好处。
The gang blackmailed the shop owner into paying them every month.
用法提示：blackmailed 是 blackmail 的过去式，这里指“胁迫、勒索”，用威胁迫使对方屈服。
She was blackmailed into giving away the company's private files.
用法提示：blackmailed 是过去分词，用于被动结构，表示“被敲诈、被要挟”。
blackmail sb
blackmail 是及物动词，后面直接跟被威胁的人。
The criminal tried to blackmail the mayor.
那个罪犯试图勒索市长。
blackmail sb into doing sth
这个结构表示通过威胁迫使某人做某事，into 后接动名词。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- blackmail someone into doing something
- 勒索某人去做某事
- He blackmailed his boss into giving him a promotion.他勒索老板给他升职。
- blackmail someone into silence
- 胁迫某人保持沉默
- The criminals blackmailed the witness into silence.罪犯胁迫证人保持沉默。
- blackmail someone over something
- 因某事敲诈某人
- They tried to blackmail her over a past mistake.他们试图因她过去的一个错误敲诈她。
- blackmail someone with something
- 用某物要挟某人
- She blackmailed him with the photographs.她用那些照片要挟他。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把 blackmail 拆成 black(黑)+mail(邮件)：想象寄出一封‘黑信’，信里写满威胁勒索的话。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：法律语境、新闻报道、日常对话 blackmail 作动词时，比较常见于正式或严肃的语境，如法律和新闻报道；日常对话中也可使用，但语气较重，指威胁勒索。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
这些 -ail 词都读 /eɪl/，与 blackmail 末尾的 /meɪl/ 押韵。注意：blackmail 虽以 black 开头，但 blackboard /ˈblækbɔːrd/、blackbird /ˈblækbɜːrd/ 等并不押韵，因为它们后面部分的读音不同。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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