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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 11756 COCA: 11907
ransom
rænsəm ˈrænsəm
Word forms: plural , 3rd person singular present tense ransoms, present participle ransoming, past tense , past participle ransomed
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. 赎价;赎金
  • 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. 赎回;赎出
  • The same system was used for ransoming or exchanging captives. [VERB noun]

    相同的制度还应用于赎回或交换俘虏。

SYN buy the freedom of, release, deliver, rescue
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. 劫持(某人)勒索金钱;绑票;绑架
  • 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. 威胁;胁迫 [disapproval]
  • 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 [usually verb 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. 一大笔钱;巨款 [old-fashioned, emphasis]
  • ...clients happy to pay a king's ransom for a haircut.

    乐意为理发出高价的顾客

SYN fortune, packet [slang] , large sum of money, top dollar [informal]
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 11756 COCA: 11907
ransom

noun

VERB + RANSOM | RANSOM + NOUN | PREPOSITION VERB + RANSOMhold sb for, hold sb to, kidnap sb for將某人綁票以勒索贖金;綁架某人以要挾She was kidnapped and held for ransom.她被綁架並遭勒索贖金。The company refused to be held to ransom by the union. (figurative) 這家公司拒絕了工會的要挾。demand索要贖金pay支付贖金RANSOM + NOUNdemand, note索要贖金的要求/通知money, payment贖金PREPOSITIONfor ransom為勒索They stole cattle for ransom.他們偷牛以勒索贖金。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 11756 COCA: 11907
ransom verb
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 11756 COCA: 11907
ransom
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