今天我們要學的詞是 extortion.

Extortion 的意思是敲詐、勒索。 The United States says the world should not yield to nuclear extortion by Iran after Tehran announced that its uranium production is expected to breach the limit set by a 2015 international deal. 美國表示，在德黑蘭宣布其鈾產量預計將超出2015年國際核協議規定的限制后，國際社會不應屈服于伊朗的核敲詐。

Extortion 是一個常用的法律術語。Extortion and robbery seem similar, but the difference between the two is that extortion requires the perpetrator to make a threat verbally, or in writing, robbery does not. 敲詐勒索案和搶劫案似乎相似，但兩者之間的區別在于勒索案必須有肇事者在口頭或者書面上提出威脅，搶劫案則沒有。