知识扩展
相关变形拓展
三单：ransoms→过去式：ransomed→过去分词：ransomed→现在分词：ransoming→复数：ransoms
易混词辨析
ransom、bribe
1.ransom（名词 / 动词）： - 名词：“赎金；赎金要求”（如 “pay ransom” 支付赎金、“kidnap for ransom” 绑架勒索赎金”）； - 动词：“赎回；赎出”（如 “ransom a hostage” 赎回人质、“ransom a kidnapped child” 赎回被绑架的孩子”）；
2. bribe（名词 / 动词）：“贿赂；行贿”（如 “offer a bribe” 行贿、“bribe an official” 贿赂官员”），与 ransom 的 “赎金” 语义不同（赎金是 “换回人质”，贿赂是 “获取利益”）。
习语积累
习语 n. hold sb to ransom 1 将…绑票 to keep sb as a prisoner and demand that other people pay you an amount of money before you set them free 2 (disapproving) 胁迫；要挟 to take action that puts sb in a very difficult situation in order to force them to do what you want a king's ransom (literary) 一笔巨款 a very large amount of money
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