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单词 hold to ransom
释义

ransom /ranˈsəm/

noun
  1. Price of redemption or reclamation
  2. Redemption from captivity
  3. Atonement, redemption (religion)
  4. An extortionate price
transitive verb
  1. To pay, demand or accept ransom for
  2. To redeem
  3. To redeem, atone (religion)
ORIGIN: Fr rançon, from L redemptiō, -ōnis redemption

ranˈsomable adjective

ranˈsomer noun

ranˈsomless adjective

ransomware noun (comput sl)

Software designed to inhibit the operation of a system until a ransom is paid

a king's ransom

A very large sum of money

hold to ransom

  1. To retain until a ransom is paid
  2. To blackmail into concessions (figurative)

put to ransom

To offer to release for ransom

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