| 词汇 | ransom |
| 释义 | ransomWord family adjectiveransomableransomlessnounransomerransom Crime & law ran·som1 /ˈrænsəm/ noun [countableC] 1 SCan amount of money that is paid to free someone who is held as a prisoner 〔为使被囚者获释而支付的〕赎金 The kidnappers were demanding a ransom of $250,000. 绑匪索取25万美元的赎金。 The government refused to pay the ransom. 政府拒绝交付赎金。 ransom demand/note There has still been no ransom demand. 现在还没有人索要赎金。 He’s got the ransom money. 他得到了赎金。 2 hold somebody for ransom (also hold somebody to ransom British EnglishBrE) to keep someone prisoner until money is paid 囚禁某人以索取赎金 His daughter was kidnapped and held for ransom. 他的女儿遭绑架索要赎金。 3 hold somebody to ransom British EnglishBrE to put someone in a situation where they have no choice and are forced to agree to your demands 要挟某人，胁迫某人 He has accused the nurses of holding the government to ransom by threatening to strike. 他指责护士以罢工来要挟政府。 Examples from the Corpus hold somebody to ransom• The president said that the company would not be held to ransom by strikes.• What's outrageous is that one powerful and greedy bully, followed by its lackeys, can hold the world to ransom.• Without some such law the rich could hold the poor to ransom.• They could buy out national debts, hold governments to ransom, close down whole economies if they wanted to.• By his behaviour Yeltsin has held Clinton to ransom.• The idea of one global power holding the other to ransom seems less credible now than it has done previously.• The countries that control it will be able to hold their clients to ransom.• It attacks the foundations of a free society, encouraging those with industrial or commercial muscle to hold others to ransom.• What gives cheaper fuel campaigners the right to hold the country to ransom? Examples from the Corpus ransom• Note from Heron's Liberation Front demanding ransom for return of Gnome.• But dead men paid no ransoms.• I read the appeal in the newspapers for Madame V to come forward, but they said nothing about abduction or ransom.• But sometimes I want to be pampered like royalty - without having to pay a king's ransom.• It wouldn't matter if you'd been promised a king's ransom if you achieved a lucky jump to the scorpion.• After the families of the two men were contacted, the ransom was upped to $ 1 million.• Maybe the scarred man had suspected something and wanted a cut of the ransom. demanding ... ransom• Note from Heron's Liberation Front demanding ransom for return of Gnome.• We are used to evil men demanding a ransom before their victim can be released. Crime & law ransom2 verb [transitiveT] SCto pay an amount of money so that someone who is being held as a prisoner is set free 为…交付赎金 They were all ransomed and returned unharmed. 付了赎金之后，他们都毫发无损地回来了。 Examples from the Corpus ransom• They were all ransomed and returned unharmed.• North, carefully distracting Livingstone from the thought that hostages might have been ransomed for arms, gave him the Whole Picture.• We know that many among ourselves have given themselves to bondage that they might ransom others. (1200-1300) Old French rançon, from Latin redemptio; → REDEMPTION |
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