ransom [動詞] 贖回;向...勒索贖金; [名詞] 贖金
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