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ransom

美 [ˈrænsəm]英 [ˈrænsəm]
  • n.赎金
  • vt.(为某人)交付赎金

复数: ransoms 过去式: ransomed 现在分词: ransoming 过去分词: ransomed 第三人称单数: ransoms

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noun

C U赎金
money that is paid to sb so that they will set free a person who is being kept as a prisoner by them

The kidnappers demanded a ransom of £50 000 from his family.

绑架者向他的家人索要赎金5万英镑。

a ransom demand/note

索要赎金的要求 / 通知

ransom money

赎金

They are refusing to pay ransom for her release.

他们拒绝支付赎金来解救她。

习语

verb

VN(为某人)交付赎金
to pay money to sb so that they will set free the person that they are keeping as a prisoner

The kidnapped children were all ransomed and returned home unharmed.

被绑架的儿童在交付了赎金后均安然回到家中。

ransom

频次

  • 1
    N-VAR 赎价;赎金
    A ransom is the money that has to be paid to someone so that they will set free a person they have kidnapped.

    Her kidnapper successfully extorted a £75,000 ransom for her release...

    绑匪成功地勒索了7.5万英镑才将她释放。

  • 2
    VERB 赎回;赎出
    If you ransom someone who has been kidnapped, you pay the money to set them free.

    The same system was used for ransoming or exchanging captives.

    相同的制度还应用于赎回或交换俘虏。

  • 3
    PHRASE 劫持(某人)勒索金钱;绑票;绑架
    If a kidnapper is holding someone to ransom or holding them ransom in British English, or is holding a person for ransom in American English, they keep that person prisoner until they are given what they want.

    He is charged with kidnapping a businessman last year and holding him for ransom...

    他被控于去年绑架了一名商人并勒索钱财。

  • 4
    PHRASE 威胁;胁迫
    If you say that someone is holding you to ransom in British English, or holding you for ransom in American English, you mean that they are using their power to try to force you to do something which you do not want to do.

    Unison and the other unions have the power to hold the Government to ransom.

    公务员工会和其他工会有能力胁迫政府。

  • 5
    PHRASE 一大笔钱;巨款
    If you refer to a sum of money as a king's ransom, you are emphasizing that it is very large.

    ...clients happy to pay a king's ransom for a haircut.

    乐意为理发出高价的顾客

noun

1
the act of freeing from captivity or punishment
2
payment for the release of someone
3
money demanded for the return of a captured person
Synonym: ransom money

verb

1
exchange or buy back for money;under threat
Synonym: redeem

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  1. They are holding her prisoner and demanding a large ransom .

    他们把她劫持了,并索要巨额赎金。

  2. They are refusing to pay ransom for her release .

    他们拒绝支付赎金来解救她。

  3. If you pay the ransom , you may be signing your son 's death warrant .

    如果你付赎金,可能就要了你儿子的命。

  4. The kidnapped children were all ransomed and returned home unharmed .

    被绑架的儿童在交付了赎金后均安然回到家中。

  5. The kidnappers are demanding a ransom of $ 1 million .

    劫持者索要100万元赎金。

  6. The kidnappers demanded a ransom of £ 50 000 from his family .

    绑架者向他的家人索要赎金5万英镑。

  7. The president has said the United States will never pay ransom for the hostages

    总统称美国永远不会为这些人质支付赎金。

  8. The ransom demand was made by telephone .

    赎金是通过电话索要的。

  9. In Rio , nearly forty people have been held to ransom this year alone

    在里约热内卢,仅今年一年就有近40人被绑票。

  10. The same system was used for ransoming or exchanging captives .

    相同的制度还应用于赎回或交换俘虏。

  11. He is charged with kidnapping a businessman last year and holding him for ransom

    他被控于去年绑架了一名商人并勒索钱财。

  12. Unison and the other unions have the power to hold the Government to ransom .

    公务员工会和其他工会有能力胁迫政府。

  13. A busload of schoolchildren were held ransom until the gang were given a plane .

    直到给了绑匪们一架飞机,他们才将全车的学童们释放。

  14. Her kidnapper extorted a £ 75,000 ransom for her release .

    绑架者索要75,000英镑赎金才肯放她。

  15. The police caught the man who tried to abduct the boy for ransom .

    警察抓住了那个企图拐走这男孩以便勒索赎金的家伙。

  16. We have to recover from some poison , need saving , ransoming .

    我们需要消毒,需要治疗,需要救赎。

  17. Surely , surely , we have ransomed one another , with all this woe !

    确确实实,我们已经用这一切悲苦彼此赎救了

  18. Hotel : Wealthy captives sleep at the hotel for an increase in their ransoms .

    酒店:富有的俘虏们要住在酒店等待足够的赎金以回家。

  19. Also , one more thing ! If you raise the ransom .

    当然,你要的赎金越多。

  20. We want ransom . don 't make us kill you .

    我们要赎金,不要逼我们杀你。

  21. Reflections on Ransom 's Theory of " Structure - Texture "

    兰色姆构架-肌质理论的延伸思考&兼论小说的肌质

  22. They said he would be held until the ransom money was produced .

    他们说只有交出赎金才会放他。

  23. They take away the boy and hold him to ransom .

    他们劫持男孩勒索赎金。

  24. The study examined the cost of insurance , security and ransom payments .

    这份研究查看了保险,安全和赎金赔偿方面的成本。

  25. Well , given the King 's ransom he 's paying ,

    考虑到国王付的钱数

  26. There will be a great ransom for you if you let us live .

    让我们活着,你可拿到大笔赎金。

  27. How about the ransom call you had your sister make ?

    那那个你叫你姐姐打电话索赎金是怎么回事?

  28. However , there are news reports that a ransom was paid .

    不过,有新闻报导说,意大利支付了赎金。

  29. A few days later , the good student returned with the ransom money .

    几天后,善良的学生带着赎金回来了。

  30. A large ransom was asked for the safe return of the child .

    想要孩子平安归来就付出一大笔赎金。

  • 习语

n.

hold sb to ransom

1

将…绑票
to keep sb as a prisoner and demand that other people pay you an amount of money before you set them free

2

胁迫;要挟
to take action that puts sb in a very difficult situation in order to force them to do what you want

a king's ransom

一笔巨款
a very large amount of money