ransom-主題

ransom

['ransəm]

n.贖金, 贖身, 贖回 
vt.贖回

例句與用法：

That painting must be worth a king's ransom.

那幅畫一定價值連城。

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

水庫控制著洪水。小偷用偷來的畫索取贖金

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

你現已遭我們禁錮,要到交出贖金以後,才能放你走。

They had to ransom the kidnapped diplomat.

他們不得不贖回被綁架的外交官。

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

那家人為了贖回孩子付了5萬美元。

詞形變化：

名詞: ransomer | 動詞過去式: ransomed | 動詞過去分詞: ransomed | 動詞現在分詞: ransoming | 動詞第三人稱單數: ransoms |

英文解釋:

名詞 ransom:

money demanded for the return of a captured person

同義詞：ransom money

payment for the release of someone

the act of freeing from captivity or punishment

動詞 ransom:

exchange or buy back for money; under threat

同義詞：redeem

以上來源於大辭典