ransom

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A ransom is the money that has to be paid to someone so that they will set free a person they have kidnapped. 赎金

noun [专属名词]赎金;释放

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。

verb [vt. 及物动词]赎出,赎回;把持(俘虏,监禁者)索要赎金,掳(人)索赎;得赎金后释放(俘虏,监禁者)

If you ransom someone who has been kidnapped, you pay the money to set them free.
赎出 •  The same system was used for ransoming or exchanging captives.  同一系统也被用来赎回或交换俘虏。

ransom 出现在下面的课文中
Lesson 19 A very dear cat ransom 名词: 赎金
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