| 正面 | 12242.ransom 英 ['ræns(ə)m]美 ['rænsəm]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. ransom 是由 redeem 的名词形式 redemption 经由古法语逐步缩略、变体而来。2. 演变的大致过程：redemption => red-empt-ion => *re-emt-on => ra-ens-on => raenson => ranson => ransom. (-ee- => -ae- => -a-).3. 或者简洁过程：*re-emt-on => r-ans-om => ransom.4. 谐音“来赎妈，来赎母” --- 妈妈被绑架了，拿钱来把妈妈赎回去。vt. 赎回，赎；勒索赎金；救赎；得赎金后释放n. 赎金；赎身，赎回n. (Ransom)人名；(西)兰索姆；(英)兰塞姆 例句： 1. 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。 ransom 赎金来自古法语 ranson,赎金，救赎，来自（缩写自）拉丁语 redemptionem,拯救，救赎，词源同 redeem,redemption.拼写比较 custom,来自（缩写自）拉丁语 consuetudinem. ransomransom: [13] Heavily disguised, ransom is the same word ultimately as redemption. It was borrowed from Old French ransoun, which, much weathered over the centuries, was descended from Latin redemptiō, source of English redemption. The etymological notion underlying the word is thus of money paid to ‘redeem’ or rescue a hostage.=> redemptionransom (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 (see redeem).ransomearly 14c., from ransom (n.). Related: Ransomed; ransoming." |