喜樂美語
  1. 1贖金

    A ransom is money that is demanded, and paid, to free someone who has been , or to get back something that was stolen - a "ransom note," being "held for ransom." "Ransomware" is a kind of computer virus that locks your files until you pay.

From the word’s history

From Middle English raunsoun, from Old French raençon, from Latin redēmptiō; doublet of redemption.

經古法文來自拉丁文 redēmptiō，和 redemption 同源。

Wiktionary

組成From Latin "redemptio" (a buying back), through Old French "raençon."

同家族的字

  • redeemcomes from the same Latin root - to buy something back

原始詞典資料13 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Ransomname/ˈɹænsəm/

  • 1

    A surname.

  • 2

    A place in the United States:

  • 3

    A place in the United States:

  • 4

    A place in the United States:

  • 5

    A place in the United States:

  • 6

    A place in the United States:

  • 7

    A place in the United States:

ransomnoun/ˈɹæn.səm/

  • 1

    Money paid for the freeing of a hostage.

    • They were held for two million dollars ransom.
    • They were held to ransom.
  • 2

    The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration.

    • prisoners hopeless of ransom
    • Till the fair slave be rendered to her sire; And ransom-free restored to his abode
  • 3

    historicallawA sum paid for the pardon of some great offence and the discharge of the offender; also, a fine paid in lieu of corporal punishment.

    • punished with imprisonment and ransom at the King's will

ransomverb/ˈɹæn.səm/

  • 1

    obsoleteTo deliver, especially in context of sin or relevant penalties.

  • 2

    To pay a price to set someone free from captivity or punishment.

    • to ransom prisoners from an enemy
    • And gainſt the General we will lift our ſwords And either lanch his greedie thirſting throat, Or take him priſoner, and his chaine ſhall ſerue For Manackles, till he be ranſom’d home.
  • 3

    To exact a ransom (payment) in exchange for the freedom of.

    • Terrorists will continue to hold few detainees in undisclosed locations in order to ransom them for money or some other material profit, […]

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。