extort

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vt. 勒索, 敲诈, 强要 [医] 外旋

发音

其它 /ɪkˈstɔː(ɹ)t/

词形变化

extorted extorteth extorting extorts 三单 extorts extorting 现在分词 extorted 过去式 extorted 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

敲诈；侵占；强求；牵强地引出

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To take or seize from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity.

    勒索

    敲诈

    及物

    to extort contributions from the vanquished

    to extort confessions of guilt

    to extort a promise

    to extort payment of a debt

  2. 2.

    To obtain by means of the offense of extortion.

    勒索

    敲诈

    及物 法律
  3. 3.

    To twist outwards.

    不及物 及物 医学
adj.
  1. 1.

    extorted; obtained by extortion.

    废旧

词汇关系

动词

同义词 4

squeeze rack wring gouge

上位词 10

take rob hook obtain soak pluck fleece plume overcharge surcharge

下位词 4

bleed blackmail pry prise

词源

Borrowed from Latin extortus, past participle of extorquere (“to twist or wrench out, to extort”); from ex (“out”) + -tort, from torqueō (“twist, turn”).

来源：wiktionary