ransom
ransom
noun
hold someone/thing to ransom
noun
- a sum of money or other payment demanded or paid for the release of a prisoner
赎金
■[mass noun]the holding or freeing of a prisoner in return for payment of such money
（为获赎金而对被俘者的）把持；释放
the capture and ransom of the king.
国王的被俘与赎回。
- [with obj.]obtain the release of (a prisoner) by making a payment demanded
赎出（俘虏）
the lord was captured in war and had to be ransomed.
王公在战争中被俘，不得不用钱赎回。
■hold (a prisoner) and demand payment for their release
把持（俘虏）索要赎金；掳（人）索赎
an English force burnt the village and ransomed the inhabitants.
一支英格兰部队放火烧了村庄，扣留居民索要赎金。
■release (a prisoner) after receiving payment
得赎金后释放（俘虏）
hold someone/thing to ransom
- hold someone prisoner and demand payment for their release
掳…索赎，绑…的票
■demand concessions from a person or organization by threatening damaging action
胁迫（人，组织）妥协，要挟（人，组织）
- a huge amount of money; a fortune
大笔钱财；大笔财富
- Middle English: from Old French ransoun (noun), ransouner (verb), from Latin redemptio(n-) 'ransoming, releasing' (see redemption). Early use also occurred in theological contexts expressing 'deliverance' and 'atonement'
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