(单词翻译:单击)
【句子】Are you blackmailing me into coming to dinner? 【Desperate Housewives S02E04】
【翻译】你这是在要挟我出席晚餐吗?
今天我们学习一下,blackmail sb. into doing sth.
指的是“要挟某个人做某事(通过要揭露秘密的方式)”;
to force a person to do something by threatening to reveal some secret about the person
eg: I've known him for years and can definitely blackmail him into silence.
我已经认识他好多年了,肯定可以胁迫他闭嘴。
eg: The maid blackmailed her famous employer into paying her an exorbitant sum of money.
这位女佣胁迫她颇有名气的雇主,让他为自己支付了一笔不菲的费用。
eg: Are you trying to blackmail me into doing what you want?
你是想要挟我做你要求的事情?
eg: They blackmailed me into doing it.
他们逼着我做的这件事。
eg: She blackmailed him for years by threatening to tell the newspapers about their affair.
她用向媒体曝光他们婚外恋的事情威胁他了好多年。
eg: Channing claims she was blackmailed into helping the men with the robbery.
钱宁声称她是被胁迫着帮助那些人抢劫的。
eg: The President said he would not be blackmailed into agreeing to the terrorists' demands.
这位总统说,他不会因为被威胁而同意恐怖分子的要求。
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They used the photographs to blackmail her into spying for them.
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