extort meaning in English
vt.
1.强夺；敲诈，勒索(from); 强求，逼迫。
2.曲解，牵强附会。
短语和例子
adj.
-ive
Examples
- The police used torture to extort a confession from me .
警方用刑逼我口供。 - He extorted a promise from me .
他硬要我答应。 - They extorted a bizarre sense from the few words that had been spoken .
对那几句话他们牵强附会地赋以一种离奇的意思。 - It is true, he cast one admiring glance at judith, which was extorted by her brilliant and singular beauty .
确实，他也被朱迪思那光彩夺目、艳丽非凡的美色所吸引。 - Both gentlemen had a glance at fanny to see if a word of accordant praise could be extorted from her .
两位先生都瞥了范妮一眼，看她会不会也说出一句半句类似的赞扬话。