ransoming
英['rænsəm]
美['rænsəm]
n. (名词)
- [U][C]付赎金救人；赎金 freeing of a captive upon payment;the money paid
Noun:
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money demanded for the return of a captured person
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payment for the release of someone
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the act of freeing from captivity or punishment
Verb:
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exchange or buy back for money; under threat
用作名词 (n.)
- 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 have to pay a large ransom.
他们不得不付一大笔赎金。
- They held the travellers for ransom.
他们将旅客当作人质索取赎金。
- A king's ransom would hardly have procured all that my daughters asked for.
即使是一个国王的赎身钱，也买不起我的女儿们所要的东西。
- 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。
用作及物动词 (vt.)
- They ransomed the kidnapped child with 10,000 dollars.
他们用一万元赎回了被绑架的孩子。
用作名词 (n.)
- They have to pay a large ransom.
他们不得不付一大笔赎金。
