【跟着英剧练发音】Sherlock S2E1-13

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S: So what do you keep on here – in general, I mean?

I: Pictures, information, anything I might find useful.

J: What, for blackmail¹?

I: For protection. I make my way in the world; I misbehave. I like to know people will be on my side exactly when I need them to be.

S: So how do you acquire this information?

I: I told you – I misbehave.

S: But you’ve acquired something that’s more danger than protection. Do you know what it is?

I: Yes.

1 blackmail   

n.讹诈，敲诈，勒索，胁迫，恫吓

参考例句：

• She demanded ＄1000 blackmail from him.她向他敲诈了1000美元。
• The journalist used blackmail to make the lawyer give him the documents.记者讹诈那名律师交给他文件。