為一條人命而付出去的錢
同一疊錢，同一條人命，差別只在錢交到誰手上。收款人一換，整個意思就翻過來。
noun · C1
Money paid to someone for killing a person, or promised to them so that they will do it.
殺人的酬金；買兇的錢
核心畫面
Picture a sum of money lying on a table with a death standing behind it. The two words tie the cash to a life: blood for the person who died, money for what changed hands because of it. Once the picture is there, the only question left is which way the money travelled and who is being blamed — towards the person who did the killing, towards the family left behind, or into someone's profits.
可以想成桌上放著一疊錢，而它背後站著一條人命。這兩個字把錢和命綁在一起：blood 指那個死去的人，money 指因…更多收起
可以想成桌上放著一疊錢，而它背後站著一條人命。這兩個字把錢和命綁在一起：blood 指那個死去的人，money 指因此易手的那筆錢。畫面成立之後，剩下的問題只有一個——錢往哪個方向走、責難落在誰身上：流向動手的人、流向留下來的家屬，還是流進某個人的收益裡。Two branches
沾了人命的錢（廣義指控）
這一支放掉了「交易」那一半，只留下「錢背後有一條命」。沒有人被雇來殺人，但說話的人認為這筆錢不乾淨。
noun · C1
Money that someone gains from something that cost another person their life, used when the speaker thinks that makes the money shameful.
帶血的錢；沾人命的錢