ransom

音标发音

• 英式音标 ['ræns(ə)m]
• 美式音标 [ˈræn.səm]
• 国际音标 ['rænsəm]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• n. 赎金；赎回，释放
• v. 为……交付赎金；赎回；勒索赎金；释放
• n. (Ransom) （美、英、加）兰塞姆（人名）

词根记忆

• ran(跑) + som(看作sum一笔钱)→用一笔钱跑→赎金

同根派生

英汉例句

用作名词 (n.)

• They have to pay a large ransom.
  他们不得不付一大笔赎金。

词组短语

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• pay a large ransom 付一大笔赎金

～+名词

• ransom bill 付赎保证金

短语

• Ransom Olds 兰塞姆·奥茨;奥尔兹;兰塞姆·奥兹
• ransom statute 赎罪法
• Scott Ransom 特·兰森
• Ransom Wilson 维尔松;威尔逊
• Ransom Run 亡命之逃

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• a large amount of money that is demanded in exchange for someone who has been taken prisoner, or sometimes for an animal
• to pay money in order to set someone free

柯林斯英英字典

• A ransom is the money that has to be paid to someone so that they will set free a person they have kidnapped.
• If you ransom someone who has been kidnapped, you pay the money to set them free.
• If a kidnapper is holding a person for ransom, they keep that person prisoner until they are given what they want.

专业释义

法学

• 赎金

  Somalia pirates are not terrorist,paying the ransom to Somalia pirates by the ship owner should not be illegal.
  索马里海盗并非恐怖主义,船东支付海盗赎金解救被劫船货不应被认定为非法。

• 勒索