blackmail 敲詐,勒索
The act of threatening to reveal personal information, esp. sexual scandals, in order toextract money.
以揭露隱私特別是性丑聞為威脅手段以謀取錢財?shù)男袨椤?/p>
例句: Linda was involved in a blackmail scandal of the mayor.
林達涉嫌敲詐市長的丑聞。
black market 黑市
A market place where illegal or hard-to-get items are sold or where money is illegalexchanged.
非法或緊俏物資的銷售點,或者非法換匯的地方。
例句: Gangs are buying assault weapons on the black market.
黑幫總在黑市購買攻擊性武器。
blood money 血腥錢
Money that is paid as retribution for injury, loss of life, vandalism, etc.
為他人受傷、喪命、損壞財產而付出的酬金。
例句: The mafia paid blood money to have that man killed.
黑手黨拿出血腥錢將那人殺了。
body bag 裝尸袋
A heavy-duty bag that is used to contain a corpse.
一種結實的用來裝運尸體的袋子。
例句: The officer warmed the man to drop his gun or “end up in a body bag.”
警察警告那人放下武器,否則必死無疑。
bomb squad 爆破小組
A team of police who are specially-trained to remove and deactivate bombs.
經專門訓練,從事排除和拆卸炸彈的一支警察隊伍。
例句: The bomb squad was called in to deactivate the car bomb.
有關部門請來爆破小組拆除這枚汽車炸彈。
bootlegging 販賣違禁品
The illegal distribution of items such as alcohol, drugs, firearms, etc.
非法銷售物品如酒類、毒品、槍支等。
例句: Three Mexicans were arrested for bootlegging firearms across the border.
三名墨西哥人因越境販賣槍支而被捕。