extort
verb /ɪkˈstɔːt/
/ɪkˈstɔːrt/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they extort | /ɪkˈstɔːt/ /ɪkˈstɔːrt/ |
| he / she / it extorts | /ɪkˈstɔːts/ /ɪkˈstɔːrts/ |
| past simple extorted | /ɪkˈstɔːtɪd/ /ɪkˈstɔːrtɪd/ |
| past participle extorted | /ɪkˈstɔːtɪd/ /ɪkˈstɔːrtɪd/ |
| -ing form extorting | /ɪkˈstɔːtɪŋ/ /ɪkˈstɔːrtɪŋ/ |
- extort something (from somebody) to make somebody give you something by threatening them
敲诈；勒索；强夺 - The gang extorted money from over 30 local businesses.
这帮歹徒向当地 30 多家企业勒索过钱财。
Collocations DictionaryExtort is used with these nouns as the object:- money
词源early 16th cent.: from Latin extort- ‘wrested’, from the verb extorquere, from ex- ‘out’ + torquere ‘to twist’. - The gang extorted money from over 30 local businesses.