英语词汇“hold someone to ransom”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

hold someone to ransom

1Hold someone captive and demand payment for their release.Some of them have recently made life difficult for the British servicemen there, by abducting 11 of their number and effectively holding them to ransom....

Earlier this month, another man was arrested for planning to kidnap a Barcelona player so he could hold him to ransom to pay off his business debt.
A Yorkshire businessman tried to hold his own family to ransom after claiming he had been kidnapped from his kebab shop.

1.1Demand concessions from a person or organization by threatening damaging action: the company would be powerful enough to hold governments to ransom...

He also suggested the company had been held to ransom by its creditor banks.
Firstly it would free us from the oil barons who are holding us to ransom.
The universities are held to ransom by the threat that a failure to boost state school intake will mean financial penalties.

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单词	hold someone to ransom
释义	hold someone to ransom 1Hold someone captive and demand payment for their release.Some of them have recently made life difficult for the British servicemen there, by abducting 11 of their number and effectively holding them to ransom.... Earlier this month, another man was arrested for planning to kidnap a Barcelona player so he could hold him to ransom to pay off his business debt. A Yorkshire businessman tried to hold his own family to ransom after claiming he had been kidnapped from his kebab shop. 1.1Demand concessions from a person or organization by threatening damaging action: the company would be powerful enough to hold governments to ransom... He also suggested the company had been held to ransom by its creditor banks. Firstly it would free us from the oil barons who are holding us to ransom. The universities are held to ransom by the threat that a failure to boost state school intake will mean financial penalties. See parent entry: ransom
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