记忆方法
将“extort”拆解为“ex”和“tort”，其中“ex”可以联想到“出去”，“tort”与“torment”谐音，意为折磨。所以记忆方法可以是：某人（出去）不断地折磨（别人）以索要财物，即“勒索”。
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词族 · extort
中文词源
extort 勒索
ex-, 向外。-tort, 扭曲，词源同turn, contort. 即过高要求，勒索。
英语词源
- extort
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extort: see torment
- extort (v.)
- 1520s (as a past participle adj. from early 15c.), "obtain by force or compulsion; wrest away by oppressive means," from Latin extortus, past participle of extorquere "obtain by force," literally "wrench out" (see extortion). Related: Extorted; extorting.
权威例句
- 1. Some magistrates have abused their powers of arrest to extort confessions.
- 有些地方执法官滥用逮捕权进行逼供。
- 2. The police used torture to extort a confession from him.
- 警察对他用刑逼供.
- 3. 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.
- 4. The police used torture to extort a confession from me.
- 警方用刑逼我口供.
- 5. They absolutely must not harm the people or extort money from them.
- 严格禁止坑害勒索群众.