【句子】Are you blackmailing me into coming to dinner?【Desperate Housewives S02E04】

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【翻译】你这是在要挟我出席晚餐吗？

【适用场合】

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.