ransom

🇺🇸 /ˈrænsəm/ 🇬🇧 /ˈrænsəm/
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noun
R

Money paid to release someone who has been captured.

The family gathered the ransom to free their dog from the neighbor who had taken him.

家人集资赎回了被邻居拿走的狗。

verb
R

To free someone by paying money.

The company decided to ransom the important files that had been locked by a hacker.

公司决定支付赎金解锁黑客锁定的重要文件。

translation

n. 赎金
v. 赎回

词形变化

3rd Present ransoms
Past ransomed
Perfect ransomed
Progressive ransoming
Plural ransoms