n.贖金；贖身；贖回

vt.贖回

You are our prisoner now and we won't release you until a ransom is paid. 你現(xiàn)已遭我們禁錮,要到交出贖金以后,才能放你走。

They have to pay a large ransom. 他們不得不付一大筆贖金。

They held the travellers for ransom. 他們將旅客當(dāng)作人質(zhì)索取贖金。

A king's ransom would hardly have procured all that my daughters asked for. 即使是一個(gè)國(guó)王的贖身錢，也買不起我的女兒們所要東的西。

The family paid a ransom of 50000 dollars for the child's release. 那家人為了贖回孩子付了5萬(wàn)美元。

They ransomed the kidnapped child with 10,000 dollars. 他們用一萬(wàn)元贖回了被綁架的孩子。