ransom

英 ['rænsəm] 美 ['rænsəm]

• n. 赎金；赎身；赎回
• vt. 赎回

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U][C]付赎金救人；赎金

   freeing of a captive upon payment;the money paid

英英释义

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

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. 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。
2. They have to pay a large ransom.
   他们不得不付一大笔赎金。
3. They held the travellers for ransom.
   他们将旅客当作人质索取赎金。
4. 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。
5. 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.)

1. They ransomed the kidnapped child with 10,000 dollars.
   他们用一万元赎回了被绑架的孩子。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

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

经典引文

• He would not pay the ransom demanded for his kidnapped grandson.

  出自： S. Naipaul

• Those tears..are rich, and ransom all ill deeds.

  出自：Sonnets , Shakespeare

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• pay a large ransom 付一大笔赎金

～+名词

• ransom bill 付赎保证金

近反义词

【近义词】

• redeem 赎回
• rescue 营救
• set free 释放
• buy back 买回
• strike a deal 达成协议
• pay up 全部付清
• exchange 交换
• pay off 偿清(欠款等)...
• release 释放
• deliver 递送
• payment 支付
• payoff 收益
• money 财产
• sum 金额
• deal 协定
• redemption 赎回
• retrieve 恢复
• reclaim 收回
• recover 恢复
• regain 恢复
• free 自由的
• ransom money 赎金