ransom

英 ['ræns(ə)m] 美 ['rænsəm]

解释

※ 提供单词"ransom"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

ransom 赎金

来自古法语 ranson,赎金，救赎，来自（缩写自）拉丁语 redemptionem,拯救，救赎，词源同 redeem,redemption.拼写比较 custom,来自（缩写自）拉丁语 consuetudinem.

ransom: ransom: [13] Heavily disguised, ransom is the same word ultimately as redemption. It was borrowed from Old French ransoun, which, much weathered over the centuries, was descended from Latin redemptiō, source of English redemption. The etymological notion underlying the word is thus of money paid to ‘redeem’ or rescue a hostage.
=> redemption
ransom (n.): c. 1200, "sum paid for the release of a prisoner or captured man," from Old French ranson (Modern French rançon), earlier raenson "ransom, redemption," from Latin redemptionem (nominative redemptio) "a redeeming," from redimere (see redeem).
ransom: early 14c., from ransom (n.). Related: Ransomed; ransoming.

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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。

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。

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。