1. 贖價(jià)；贖金 A ransom is the money that has to be paid to someone so that they will set free a person they have kidnapped.
e.g. Her kidnapper successfully extorted a ￡75,000 ransom for her release... 綁匪成功地勒索了7.5萬(wàn)英鎊才將她釋放。 e.g. The president has said the United States will never pay ransom for the hostages... 總統稱(chēng)美國永遠不會(huì )為這些人質(zhì)支付贖金。
2. 贖回；贖出 If you ransom someone who has been kidnapped, you pay the money to set them free.
e.g. The same system was used for ransoming or exchanging captives. 相同的制度還應用于贖回或交換俘虜。
3. 劫持（某人）勒索金錢(qián);綁票;綁架 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.
e.g. He is charged with kidnapping a businessman last year and holding him for ransom... 他被控于去年綁架了一名商人并勒索錢(qián)財。 e.g. In Rio, nearly forty people have been held to ransom this year alone... 在里約熱內盧，僅今年一年就有近40人被綁票。
4. 威脅;脅迫 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.
e.g. Unison and the other unions have the power to hold the Government to ransom. 公務(wù)員工會(huì )和其他工會(huì )有能力脅迫政府。
5. 一大筆錢(qián);巨款 If you refer to a sum of money as a king's ransom, you are emphasizing that it is very large.
e.g. ...clients happy to pay a king's ransom for a haircut. 樂(lè )意為理發(fā)出高價(jià)的顧客
ransom英英釋義
ransom
noun
1. the act of freeing from captivity or punishment
2. payment for the release of someone
3. money demanded for the return of a captured person