ransom

['rænsəm]

n.赎金, 赎身, 赎回
vt.赎回

例句与用法：

That painting must be worth a king's ransom.

那幅画一定价值连城。

The dam held the floodwaters. Thieves held the stolen painting for ransom.

水库控制着洪水。小偷用偷来的画索取赎金

You are our prisoner now and we won't release you until a ransom is paid.

你现已遭我们禁锢,要到交出赎金以后,才能放你走。

They had to ransom the kidnapped diplomat.

他们不得不赎回被绑架的外交官。

The family paid a ransom of 50000 dollars for the child's release.

那家人为了赎回孩子付了5万美元。

词形变化：

名词: ransomer | 动词过去式: ransomed | 动词过去分词: ransomed | 动词现在分词: ransoming | 动词第三人称单数: ransoms |

详细释义：

n.

1. 赎金[C]

They held the travellers for ransom.

他们将旅客当作人质索取赎金。

2. 赎, 赎出, 赎回; 赎身[U]

3. 【宗】赎价[U]

vt.

1. 赎, 赎出, 赎回

They ransomed the kidnapped child with 10, 000 dollars.

他们用一万元赎回了被绑架的孩子。

2. 掳(人)勒赎

3. 向……勒索赎金

4. 得赎金后释放

5. 【宗】救赎[(+from)]

短语词组：

a king's ransom

1. 一笔巨款

They paid a king's ransom for the painting.

他们为这幅画付了一大笔钱。

hold sb. to ransom

1. 绑架某人勒索赎金

They took away the boy and held him to ransom.

他们劫持男孩勒索赎金。