ransom
英 ['ræns(ə)m]
美 ['rænsəm]
- vt. 赎回，赎；勒索赎金；救赎；得赎金后释放
- n. 赎金；赎身，赎回
- n. (Ransom)人名；(西)兰索姆；(英)兰塞姆
助记提示
1. ransom 是由 redeem 的名词形式 redemption 经由古法语逐步缩略、变体而来。
2. 演变的大致过程：redemption => red-empt-ion => *re-emt-on => ra-ens-on => raenson => ranson => ransom. (-ee- => -ae- => -a-).
3. 或者简洁过程：*re-emt-on => r-ans-om => ransom.
4. 谐音“来赎妈，来赎母” --- 妈妈被绑架了，拿钱来把妈妈赎回去。
双语例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The ransom demand was made by telephone.
- 赎金是通过电话索要的。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. They have to pay a large ransom.
- 他们不得不付一大笔赎金.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
