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ransom n.赎金；赎身；赎回vt.赎回 (1) 你现已遭我们禁锢,要到交出赎金以后,才能放你走。(2) 他们将旅客当作人质索取赎金。(3) 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。(4) 那家人为了赎回孩子付了5万美元。(5) 他们用一万元赎回了被绑架的孩子。 You’ve probably heard the phrase “held for ransom.” That means someone has been captured and is being held prisoner until a sum of money is delivered to the captors. Ransom can refer to the money paid, but it can also be a verb that describes paying for the release of someone being held. If you have to ransom your best friend, that means you’re paying his captors to release him.

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英 ['rænsəm] 美 ['rænsəm] (1) You are our prisoner now and we won't release you until a ransom is paid.(2) They held the travellers for ransom.(3) A king's ransom would hardly have procured all that my daughters asked for.(4) The family paid a ransom of 50000 dollars for the child's release.(5) They ransomed the kidnapped child with 10,000 dollars. If you’re ever kidnapped, you’d probably be worth millions in ransom. Ransom is the money demanded for the release of a captive. 1[N-VAR 可变名词]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. 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 动词]赎回；赎出 If you ransom someone who has been kidnapped, you pay the money to set them free.   [V n]The same system was used for ransoming or exchanging captives.相同的制度还应用于赎回或交换俘虏。3[PHRASE 短语]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.   [V inflects]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 短语]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.   [V inflects]  [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 短语]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.   [usu v PHR]  [emphasis]  [OLD-FASHIONED 过时]...clients happy to pay a king's ransom for a haircut.乐意为理发出高价的顾客

英语单词	ransom
英美音标	英 ['rænsəm] 美 ['rænsəm]
中文释义	n.赎金；赎身；赎回 vt.赎回
英语例句	(1) You are our prisoner now and we won't release you until a ransom is paid. (2) They held the travellers for ransom. (3) A king's ransom would hardly have procured all that my daughters asked for. (4) The family paid a ransom of 50000 dollars for the child's release. (5) They ransomed the kidnapped child with 10,000 dollars.
中文例句	(1) 你现已遭我们禁锢,要到交出赎金以后,才能放你走。 (2) 他们将旅客当作人质索取赎金。 (3) 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。 (4) 那家人为了赎回孩子付了5万美元。 (5) 他们用一万元赎回了被绑架的孩子。
vocabulary简明	If you’re ever kidnapped, you’d probably be worth millions in ransom. Ransom is the money demanded for the release of a captive.
vocabulary扩展	You’ve probably heard the phrase “held for ransom.” That means someone has been captured and is being held prisoner until a sum of money is delivered to the captors. Ransom can refer to the money paid, but it can also be a verb that describes paying for the release of someone being held. If you have to ransom your best friend, that means you’re paying his captors to release him.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-VAR 可变名词]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. 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 动词]赎回；赎出 If you ransom someone who has been kidnapped, you pay the money to set them free. [V n] The same system was used for ransoming or exchanging captives. 相同的制度还应用于赎回或交换俘虏。 3 [PHRASE 短语]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. [V inflects] 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 短语]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. [V inflects] [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 短语]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. [usu v PHR] [emphasis] [OLD-FASHIONED 过时] ...clients happy to pay a king's ransom for a haircut. 乐意为理发出高价的顾客

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