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单词 ransom
释义 ransom
 —ransomer,  n.  
 /ran"seuhm/,  n.  
  1. the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
  2. the sum or price paid or demanded.
  3. a means of deliverance or rescue from punishment for sin, esp. the payment of a redemptive fine.
  v.t.  
  4. to redeem from captivity, bondage, detention, etc., by paying a demanded price.
  5. to release or restore on receipt of a ransom.
  6. to deliver or redeem from punishment for sin.
 [1150-1200; (n.) ME ransoun < OF rançon < LL redemption- (s. of redemptio) REDEMPTION; (v.) ME ransounen < OF rançonner, deriv. of rançon]
 Syn. 1. deliverance, liberation, release. 4. See redeem.
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