ransom
柯林斯词典
1. N-VAR A ransom is the money that has to be paid to someone so that they will set free a person they have kidnapped. 赎金
Her kidnapper successfully extorted a $250,000 ransom for her release. 绑架者们成功地勒索了25万美元的赎金才释放她。
2. V-T If you ransom someone who has been kidnapped, you pay the money to set them free. 赎出
The same system was used for ransoming or exchanging captives. 同一系统也被用来赎回或交换俘虏。
3. PHRASE If a kidnapper is holding a person for ransom, they keep that person prisoner until they are given what they want. 劫持某人以勒取赎金
He is charged with kidnapping a businessman last year and holding him for ransom. 他被指控去年绑架了一名商人并挟持他以勒索赎金。
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ransom /ˈrænsəm/ (ransoming,ransomed,ransoms)
剑桥词典
- a large amount of money that is demanded in exchange for someone who has been taken prisoner , or sometimes for an animal
赎金
a ransom demand /note 索要赎金／勒索赎金的字条
They demanded a huge ransom for the return of the little girl whom they had kidnapped . 他们索要巨额赎金作为放回被绑小女孩的条件。
The gang held the racehorse to/for ransom. 这个犯罪团伙扣留了赛马，以此勒索赎金。