单词：ransoms
v. 付赎金救人, 赎金( ransom的第三人称单数 )
n payment for the release of someone
n the act of freeing from captivity or punishment
v exchange or buy back for money; under threat
ransom的用法和样例：
例句
- 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。
- They ransomed the kidnapped child with 10,000 dollars.他们用一万元赎回了被绑架的孩子。
常见句型
- They have to pay a large ransom.他们不得不付一大笔赎金。
词汇搭配
- pay a large ransom付一大笔赎金
- ransom bill付赎保证金
经典引文
He would not pay the ransom demanded for his kidnapped grandson.
出自：S. NaipaulThose tears..are rich, and ransom all ill deeds.
出自：Sonnets,Shakespeare
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