| 单词 | ransom |
| 释义 | ransom (rænsəm ) Word forms: ransoms , ransoming , ransomed 1. variable noun A ransom is the money that has to be paid to someone so that they will set free a person they have kidnapped. Her kidnapper successfully extorted a £175,000 ransom for her release. The president has said this country will never pay ransom for the hostages. The ransom demand was made by telephone. Synonyms: payment, money, price, payoff 2. verb If you ransom someone who has been kidnapped, you pay the money to set them free. The same system was used for ransoming or exchanging captives. [VERB noun] Synonyms: buy the freedom of, release, deliver, rescue 3. to hold someone to ransom phrase If a kidnapper is holding someone to ransom or holding them ransom in British English, or is holding a person for ransom in American English, they keep that person prisoner until they are given what they want. He is charged with kidnapping a businessman last year and holding him for ransom. In Rio, nearly forty people have been held to ransom this year alone. A bus-load of schoolchildren were held ransom until the gang were given a plane. 4. hold sb to ransom phrase If you say that someone is holding you to ransom in British English, or holding you for ransom in American English, you mean that they are using their power to try to force you to do something which you do not want to do. [disapproval] He was accused of trying to hold Arsenal to ransom over a new contract. 5. a king's ransom phrase [usually verb PHRASE] If you refer to a sum of money as a king's ransom, you are emphasizing that it is very large. [old-fashioned, emphasis] ...clients happy to pay a king's ransom for a haircut. Synonyms: fortune, packet [slang], large sum of money, top dollar [informal] Idioms: a king's ransom [mainly British] a very large sum of money She is asking a king's ransom for her next film role. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers hold someone to ransom [British] to use your power or influence to force someone to do something they do not want to do The Treasury denied that it was being held to ransom by gas companies. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: ransom money It buys you a bespoke service with trained negotiators, experienced managers, and ransom money. Times, Sunday Times All three governments have publicly denied paying ransom money. Times, Sunday Times Immediately after her release $2,000 of the ransom money was found concealed in her clothing. Times, Sunday Times She said she was also warned by officials that her family would be charged if they tried to raise ransom money to win his freedom. Times, Sunday Times The exchange of ransom money for hostages shows that, literally, piracy pays. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 赎金, 赎出 Japanese: 身代金, 身代金を払って助け出す |
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