单词

ransom

读音

ˈrænsəm

美式

英式

词根

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释义

n. 赎金；赎回，释放 v. 为……交付赎金；赎回；勒索赎金；释放 n. (Ransom) （美、英、加）兰塞姆（人名） [ 复数 ransoms 第三人称单数 ransoms 现在分词 ransoming 过去式 ransomed 过去分词 ransomed ]

例句

Her kidnapper extorted a $175,000 ransom for her release.

绑架者勒索175,000美元作为释放她的赎金。

If you pay the ransom, you may be signing your son's death warrant.

如果你付赎金，可能就要了你儿子的命。

Her kidnapper successfully extorted a $250,000 ransom for her release.

绑架者们成功地勒索了25万美元的赎金才释放她。

强化记忆

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看视频学发音

(Laughter and applause)It's not a ransom, not a trap.Just a friendly nudge.

and in those days, if a family member committed a crime,the military would hold you as ransomtill your family turned themselves in.

In the stories, the ruler of the city saved his peopleby feeding the creatures a ransom of pearls.The pearls would be split equally between the leviathans lords.

for behavior that may at first look abstract and mysterious.The monsters accept your ransom and swim back down to the depthsfor another thousand years.

Shajar Al-Durr was inaugurated as Sultana of Egypt.Days later, she negotiated the ransom of the French king and his armyin exchange for an enormous sum of money

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