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
词态变化
复数: ransoms;第三人称单数: ransoms;过去式: ransomed;过去分词: ransomed;现在分词: ransoming;
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。
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。
中文词源
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.
英英释意
- 1. money demanded for the return of a captured person
- 2. payment for the release of someone
- 3. the act of freeing from captivity or punishment
英文词源
- 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.
词组搭配
hold someone/thing to ransom
hold someone prisoner and demand payment for their release
掳…索赎，绑…的票
a king's ransom
a huge amount of money; a fortune
大笔钱财；大笔财富
实用场景例句
- The ransom demand was made by telephone.
- 赎金是通过电话索要的。
柯林斯例句
- They have to pay a large ransom.
- 他们不得不付一大笔赎金.
《简明英汉词典》
- 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。
柯林斯例句
- 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。
柯林斯例句
- The police caught the man who tried to abduct the boy for ransom.
- 警察抓住了那个企图拐走这男孩以便勒索赎金的家伙.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Her kidnapper extorted a £75,000 ransom for her release.
- 绑架者索要75，000英镑赎金才肯放她。
辞典例句
- The kidnappers exacted a ransom of 10000 from the family.
- 绑架者向这家人家勒索10000英镑的赎金.
辞典例句
- The kidnappers asked for a ransom of fifty thousand dollars.
- 绑匪要求五万元赎金.
辞典例句
- They took away the boy and held him to ransom.
- 他们劫持男孩勒索赎金.
辞典例句
- They levied a tax / a fine / a ransom on him.
- 他们向他征收税(罚金,索取赎金).
辞典例句
- We'd better arrange the ransom right away.
- 我们最好马上把索取赎金的事安排好.
辞典例句
- They levied a ransom on him.
- 他们向他索取赎金.
辞典例句
- His ransom has been effected.
- 他被用赎金赎回.
辞典例句
- We'll have to write a ransom note.
- 我们得写一张索取赎金通知.
辞典例句
- They held the travellers for ransom.
- 他们将旅客当作人质索取赎金.
辞典例句