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单词 ransom
释义
ransom
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˈræn.səm/us
/ˈræn.səm/
alargeamountofmoneythat isdemandedinexchangefor someone who has been takenprisoner, or sometimes for ananimal:
赎金
a ransomdemand/note索要赎金／勒索赎金的字条
Theydemandedahugeransomforthereturnof the littlegirlwhom they hadkidnapped.他们索要巨额赎金作为放回被绑小女孩的条件。
Thegangheldtheracehorseto/forransom.这个犯罪团伙扣留了赛马，以此勒索赎金。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Payment methods
  • anti-kickback
  • ATM card
  • automatic withdrawal
  • bad cheque
  • baksheesh
  • cashback
  • chip
  • commission
  • legal tender
  • liquefy
  • liquid
  • monometallic
  • non-cash
  • non-monetary
  • non-money
  • non-paying
  • payoff
  • per calendar month
  • pocket
  • whip-round
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Idiom

holdsomeoneto ransom
ransom
verb[T]
uk
/ˈræn.səm/us
/ˈræn.səm/
topaymoneyinorderto set someonefree:
（付钱）赎（人），赎出，赎回
Herfatherransomed herfora milliondollars.她父亲用100万美元把她赎了出来。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Paying money
  • advance
  • ante up (something)
  • balance
  • burn a hole insomeone'spocketidiom
  • chargeable
  • co-finance
  • compensate
  • congestion charge
  • cough
  • foot
  • lash
  • pay top dollaridiom
  • payer
  • settle up
  • shortchange
  • sink intosomething
  • spender
  • splash out(something)
  • spring forsomething
  • stump
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(Definition ofransomfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

ransom| American Dictionary

ransom
noun[C/U]
us
/ˈræn·səm/
asumofmoneydemandedinexchangefor someone or something that has been taken:
[C]The kidnappersdemandedahugeransom.
[U]The man’sbrotherwasheldfor ransom.
ransom
verb[T]
us
/ˈræn·səm/
tofreesomeone who has been taken away bypayingmoney:
Theexecutivewas ransomed for a milliondollars.
(Definition ofransomfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofransom

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The lives of those gentlemen depended upon the payment of those ransoms.
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Our policy of no substantive concessions precludes the payment of ransoms.
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However, the value of the ransomed strips to the landowner is now enormous.
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Naturally, we must deal severely with the human traffickers who are currently holding these refugees hostage and demanding extremely high ransoms for them.
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They have paid king's ransoms to the people traffickers and triad gangs.
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The many captives required regular fundraising by families and local church groups, who generally raised the ransoms for individuals.
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At the head of his bands, he acquired considerable riches from collecting ransoms and spoils.
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Blackmailers and people demanding ransoms are often heard in movies to ask for a sum of money in used notes.
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Despite the efforts of middlemen and charities to raise money to provide ransoms, they were still very difficult to come by.
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Meanwhile, most of the now independent princes began raising levies and warring with each other, or demanding ransoms from each other on threat of force.
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Ransom's debut season was his most successful, claiming 54 wickets at a bowling average of 28.50.
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There was a 50-day period for the payment of ransoms.
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The ransoms he had to collect when he was captured contributed to the ruin of his home.
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In both incidents, ransoms were paid and the freighter was released.
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The policies do not pay ransoms on the behalf of the insured.
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