ransom

/'rænsәm/

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📖 中文释义

  1. n. 赎金, 赎身, 赎回
  2. vt. 赎, 赎身, 赎回, 勒索赎金

🔗 释义中的汉语词

赎金赎身赎回

🧩 词形变化

复数 ransoms现在分词 ransoming过去式 ransomed第三人称单数 ransoms过去分词 ransomed

💬 双语例句

  1. Moreover, the additional military strength that terrorists gain from ransom revenue is not the only harm caused by paying ransoms. Ransoming one Western hostage creates an incentive for militants to capture another.

  2. A democrat who opposed ballot rigging in his town, his body was broken by mafia networks in “safe” Turkey, in a succession of torture sessions for ransom. On one occasion, he was dragged behind a speeding truck.

  3. Finally, the corruption that was endemic in Qaddafi’s regime endures, with ministry officials accepting bribes, for example, in exchange for contracts. For their part, the militias that overthrew Qaddafi have released prisoners in exchange for ransom payments.

🔵 同义词

redeem

🔗 常用搭配

ransom demandransom dilemmaransom paymentsransom revenuedemanding a ransomexchange for ransomgain from ransomransom are saving
📘 English Definition（英文释义）
  1. n. money demanded for the return of a captured person
  2. n. payment for the release of someone
  3. n. the act of freeing from captivity or punishment
  4. v. exchange or buy back for money; under threat
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