ransoms

英 [ˈrænsəmz]

美 [ˈrænsəmz]

n.  赎金
v.  (为某人)交付赎金
ransom的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 赎价；赎金
  Aransomis the money that has to be paid to someone so that they will set free a person they have kidnapped.
  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。
  2. 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。
  3. The ransom demand was made by telephone.
     赎金是通过电话索要的。
• VERB 赎回；赎出
  If youransomsomeone who has been kidnapped, you pay the money to set them free.
  1. 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。
• PHRASE 劫持（某人）勒索金钱;绑票;绑架
  If a kidnapperis holdingsomeoneto ransomorholdingthemransomin British English, oris holdinga personfor ransomin American English, they keep that person prisoner until they are given what they want.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
• PHRASE 威胁;胁迫
  If you say that someoneis holdingyouto ransomin British English, orholdingyoufor ransomin 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.
  1. 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。
• PHRASE 一大笔钱;巨款
  If you refer to a sum of money asa king's ransom, you are emphasizing that it is very large.
  1. ...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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