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ransom
[英] [ˈrænsəm] [美] [ˈrænsəm] 生词本

n.

vt.

  • 易混淆的单词：Ransom  

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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。

  • 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。

  • The ransom demand was made by telephone.

    赎金是通过电话索要的。

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。

  • 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。

  • 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。

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. money demanded for the return of a captured person

2. payment for the release of someone

3. the act of freeing from captivity or punishment

Verb

1. exchange or buy back for money; under threat

法律

  • 1.赎金
  • 2.赎价
  • 3.赎买金
  • 4.赎回
1. 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。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2. The writer stated that Rastus was in safe hands and would be returned immediately if Mrs Ramsay paid a ransom of ￡1,000.
那封信的笔者说得很清楚，拉姆特斯受到安全的保管，如拉姆塞夫人付出一千镑的赎金，这只猫便会归还。

来自《用法词典》

3. The writer stated that Rastus was in safe hands and would be returned immediately if Mrs ramsay paid a ransom of ￡1000.
写信人说拉姆特斯很安全，如果拉姆特赛夫人付出一千镑的赎金，这只猫便会立刻被送还。

来自《用法词典》

4. They have to pay a large ransom.
他们不得不付一大笔赎金。

来自《简明英汉词典》