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| | the amount of money someone wants to be paid before they will let a person they are keeping prisoner go free 赎金 | Her kidnappers are demanding a £5 million ransom. 她的绑架者索要500万英镑的赎金。 | | Her parents received a ransom note. 她的父母收到了一张索要赎金的条子。 | |
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| - | hold sb to ransom
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| 1 | to keep someone as a prisoner until an amount of money is paid 劫持某人以索取赎金 |
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| 2 | to try to make someone do what you want , especially by using threats 胁迫某人答应条件 |
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| - | a king’ s ransom informal
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| an extremely large amount of money |
| 巨额赎金 |
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