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NOUN. 名词1.?[C, U 有变体名词] 赎金A ransom is the money that has to be paid to someone so that they will set free a person they have kidnapped. 双语例句例： 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。
PHRASE. 习语1.?劫持某人以勒取赎金If a kidnapper is holding a person to ransom, they keep that person prisoner until they are given what they want. 双语例句例： He is charged with kidnapping a businessman last year and holding him to ransom. 他被指控去年绑架了一名商人并挟持他以勒索赎金。
VERB. 动词ransoms , ransoming , ransomed 1.?[T 及物动词] 赎出If you ransom someone who has been kidnapped, you pay the money to set them free. 双语例句例： The same system was used for ransoming or exchanging captives. 赎回或交换俘虏也采用同样的方法。
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