ransom

🇺🇸 /ˈrænsəm/ 🇬🇧 /ˈrænsəm/
詞頻
難度
標籤 TOP20000
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.

家人集資贖回了被鄰居拿走的狗。

verb
R

To free someone by paying money.

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

公司決定支付贖金解鎖駭客鎖定的重要檔案。

translation

n. 贖金
v. 贖回

詞形變化

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