Word · Frequency #11756
ransoms
赎金
ransoms is the plural of ransom.
Money paid or demanded for the release of a captured person.
- 1.
Money paid for the freeing of a hostage.
为释放人质而支付的金钱
- 2.
money demanded for the return of a captured person
为赎回被俘人员而索取的款项
- 3.
The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration.
以支付代价为条件释放俘虏或归还被扣押的财产
- 4.
payment for the release of someone
为释放某人而支付的款项
- 5.
the act of freeing from captivity or punishment
使摆脱囚禁或惩罚的行为
赎回；赎出；解救；释放；为释放人质而支付的金钱；为赎回被俘人员而索取的款项；以支付代价为条件释放俘虏或归还被扣押的财产
In use
The kidnappers demanded a ransom of one million dollars for the safe return of the child.
The family paid the ransom and their father was released the next morning.
The police recovered the ransom and arrested the suspects before they could spend it.
pay a ransom (for sb)
常用搭配 pay a ransom，强调为赎回某人而付款。
The family paid a huge ransom for her release.
这家人为她的获释支付了巨额赎金。
demand a ransom (of + amount)
表示赎金数额时常用 of 短语。
The kidnappers demanded a ransom of one million dollars.
绑匪要求一百万美元的赎金。
hold sb for ransom
这个短语也常用于比喻意义，如 hold a company for ransom。
Connections
Collocations
- pay a ransom
- 支付赎金
- The family paid a ransom to secure the boy's release.这家人支付了赎金以确保男孩获释。
- demand a ransom
- 索取赎金
- The kidnappers demanded a ransom of one million dollars.绑匪索要一百万美元的赎金。
- ransom note
- 勒索信
- Police found a ransom note on the kitchen table.警方在厨房桌上发现了一封勒索信。
- hold someone to ransom
- 扣押某人以索取赎金
- The rebels held the tourists to ransom for weeks.叛军将游客扣押了数周以索取赎金。
- ransom payment
- 赎金支付
- The ransom payment was delivered as instructed.赎金已按指示送达。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
绑匪喊‘快run（跑）去凑钱’，ransom音近ran-som，想起‘赎金’到手才放人。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：新闻报道、法律/犯罪语境、历史叙述 这个词通常用于正式或书面语境，多出现在新闻报道、法律或犯罪相关的讨论中，日常口语中比较少见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Handsome is a perfect rhyme with ransom, both ending in /ænsəm/. Other words ending in '-some' such as gruesome, awesome, tiresome, fulsome have different stressed vowels and do not rhyme. Random looks similar but has a /d/ sound instead of /s/ in the ending.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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