ransom是什么意思？

ransom

英[ˈrænsəm] 美[ˈrænsəm]

• n. 付赎金救人，赎金，[神]赎罪；
• vt. 赎回，[神]赎救；

复数：ransoms;

第三人称单数：ransoms;

过去式：ransomed;

过去分词：ransomed;

现在分词：ransoming;

例句

• The ransom must proportion the losses we have borne. 赎金必须相当于我们所遭受的损失。
• Mine ransoms yours and yours must ransom me. 我赎你的罪,你也赎我的败行.
• A gangster promptly kidnaps Han's darling daughter - and demands $ 50 million as ransom. 一名歹徒随即绑架了韩的宝贝女儿 — 并索要五千万美元的赎金.
• 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。
• They have to pay a large ransom. 他们不得不付一大笔赎金.
• The ransom demand was made by telephone. 赎金是通过电话索要的。
• 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。
• The kidnappers exacted a ransom of 10000 from the family. 绑架者向这家人家勒索10000英镑的赎金.
• ...clients happy to pay a king's ransom for a haircut. 乐意为理发出高价的顾客
• 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。

同义词

• vt.
  ransom的同义词之：赎回;挽回;收复
  retrieve, recover, reclaim, regain, redeem,
• ransom的同义词之：其他释义
  regain, retrieve, redeem, reclaim, free, recover,

词组

• hold someone/thing to ransom
  hold someone prisoner and demand payment for their release 掳…索赎，绑…的票
• a king's ransom
  a huge amount of money; a fortune 大笔钱财；大笔财富

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• 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.
  例句
  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。
• VERB
  赎回；赎出
  If you ransom someone who has been kidnapped, you pay the money to set them free.
  例句
  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。
• 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.
  例句
  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。
• 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.
  例句
  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。
• 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.
  例句
  ...clients happy to pay a king's ransom for a haircut. 乐意为理发出高价的顾客

英汉词典释义

• n.
  付赎金救人; 赎金
  They have to pay a large ransom. 他们不得不付一大笔赎金。

英英词典释义

• 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

行业词典

• 法律： 赎金；赎价；赎买金；赎回；