ransom
英 ['ræns(ə)m]
美 ['rænsəm]
- vt. 赎回，赎；勒索赎金；救赎；得赎金后释放
- n. 赎金；赎身，赎回
- n. (Ransom)人名；(西)兰索姆；(英)兰塞姆
助记提示
1. ransom 是由 redeem 的名词形式 redemption 经由古法语逐步缩略、变体而来。
2. 演变的大致过程：redemption => red-empt-ion => *re-emt-on => ra-ens-on => raenson => ranson => ransom. (-ee- => -ae- => -a-).
3. 或者简洁过程：*re-emt-on => r-ans-om => ransom.
4. 谐音“来赎妈，来赎母” --- 妈妈被绑架了，拿钱来把妈妈赎回去。
中文词源
ransom 赎金来自古法语 ranson,赎金，救赎，来自（缩写自）拉丁语 redemptionem,拯救，救赎，词源同 redeem,redemption.拼写比较 custom,来自（缩写自）拉丁语 consuetudinem.
英文词源
- 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 rançon), earlier raenson "ransom, redemption," from Latin redemptionem (nominative redemptio) "a redeeming," from redimere (see redeem).
- ransom
- early 14c., from ransom (n.). Related: Ransomed; ransoming.
双语例句
- 1. Her kidnapper successfully extorted a £75,000 ransom for her release.
- 绑匪成功地勒索了7.5万英镑才将她释放。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The ransom demand was made by telephone.
- 赎金是通过电话索要的。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. They have to pay a large ransom.
- 他们不得不付一大笔赎金.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. In Rio, nearly forty people have been held to ransom this year alone.
- 在里约热内卢，仅今年一年就有近40人被绑票。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. He is charged with kidnapping a businessman last year and holding him for ransom.
- 他被控于去年绑架了一名商人并勒索钱财。
来自柯林斯例句