ransom
美['rænsəm] 英['rænsəm]
n. 赎金；赎身；赎回
vt. 赎回
双解释义
n.(名词)- [U][C]付赎金救人；赎金 freeing of a captive upon payment;the money paid
英英释义
Noun- money demanded for the return of a captured person
- payment for the release of someone
- the act of freeing from captivity or punishment
Verb- exchange or buy back for money; under threat
组词搭配
动词+～- pay a large ransom付一大笔赎金
例句
用作名词(n.)- You are our prisoner now and we won't release you until a ransom is paid.你现已遭我们禁锢,要到交出赎金以后,才能放你走。
- They have to pay a large ransom.他们不得不付一大笔赎金。
- They held the travellers for ransom.他们将旅客当作人质索取赎金。
- A king's ransom would hardly have procured all that my daughters asked for.即使是一个国王的赎身钱，也买不起我的女儿们所要的东西。
- The family paid a ransom of 50000 dollars for the child's release.那家人为了赎回孩子付了5万美元。
用作及物动词(vt.)- They ransomed the kidnapped child with 10,000 dollars.他们用一万元赎回了被绑架的孩子。
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