ransom
英 ['r?ns(?)m]
美 ['r?ns?m]
- vt. 贖回，贖；勒索贖金；救贖；得贖金后釋放
- n. 贖金；贖身，贖回
- n. (Ransom)人名；(西)蘭索姆；(英)蘭塞姆
助記提示
1. ransom 是由 redeem 的名詞形式 redemption 經(jīng)由古法語(yǔ)逐步縮略、變體而來(lái)。
2. 演變的大致過(guò)程：redemption => red-empt-ion => *re-emt-on => ra-ens-on => raenson => ranson => ransom. (-ee- => -ae- => -a-).
3. 或者簡(jiǎn)潔過(guò)程：*re-emt-on => r-ans-om => ransom.
4. 諧音“來(lái)贖媽?zhuān)瑏?lái)贖母” --- 媽媽被綁架了，拿錢(qián)來(lái)把媽媽贖回去。
中文詞源
ransom 贖金來(lái)自古法語(yǔ) ranson,贖金，救贖，來(lái)自（縮寫(xiě)自）拉丁語(yǔ) redemptionem,拯救，救贖，詞源同 redeem,redemption.拼寫(xiě)比較 custom,來(lái)自（縮寫(xiě)自）拉丁語(yǔ) consuetudinem.
英文詞源
- ransom
- ransom: [13] Heavily disguised, ransom is the same word ultimately as redemption. It was borrowed from Old French ransoun, which, much weathered over the centuries, was descended from Latin redemptiō, source of English redemption. The etymological notion underlying the word is thus of money paid to ‘redeem’ or rescue a hostage.
=> redemption - ransom (n.)
- c. 1200, "sum paid for the release of a prisoner or captured man," from Old French ranson (Modern French ran?on), earlier raenson "ransom, redemption," from Latin redemptionem (nominative redemptio) "a redeeming," from redimere (see redeem).
- ransom
- early 14c., from ransom (n.). Related: Ransomed; ransoming.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Her kidnapper successfully extorted a ￡75,000 ransom for her release.
- 綁匪成功地勒索了7.5萬(wàn)英鎊才將她釋放。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. The ransom demand was made by telephone.
- 贖金是通過(guò)電話索要的。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. They have to pay a large ransom.
- 他們不得不付一大筆贖金.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 4. In Rio, nearly forty people have been held to ransom this year alone.
- 在里約熱內(nèi)盧，僅今年一年就有近40人被綁票。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. He is charged with kidnapping a businessman last year and holding him for ransom.
- 他被控于去年綁架了一名商人并勒索錢(qián)財(cái)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句