ransom
ransom 英 [ˈrænsəm] 美 [ˈrænsəm]
n. 赎金
进行时:ransoming 过去式:ransomed 过去分词:ransomed 第三人称单数:ransoms 名词复数:ransoms
- If you’re ever kidnapped, you’d probably be worth millions in ransom. Ransom is the money demanded for the release of a captive.
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- n. 赎金
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1. a ransom demand, a ransom note
索要赎金的要求╱通知
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2. ransom money
赎金
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3. They are refusing to pay ransom for her release.
他们拒绝支付赎金来解救她。
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4. The kidnapped children were all ransomed and returned home unharmed.
被绑架的儿童在赎金交付后均安然回到家中。
- ransom early 14c., from ransom (n.). Related: Ransomed; ransoming.
- ransom (n.) c. 1200, "sum paid for the release of a prisoner or captured man," from Old French ranson (Modern French rançon), earlier raenson "ransom, redemption," from Latin redemptionem (nominative redemptio) "a redeeming," from redimere "to redeem, buy back," from red- "back" (see re-) + emere "to take, buy, gain, procure" (from PIE root *em- "to take, distribute").
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