ransom
英 ['ræns(ə)m]
美 ['rænsəm]
- vt. 贖回，贖；勒索贖金；救贖；得贖金後釋放
- 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 經由古法語逐步縮略、變體而來。
2. 演變的大致過程：redemption => red-empt-ion => *re-emt-on => ra-ens-on => raenson => ranson => ransom. (-ee- => -ae- => -a-).
3. 或者簡潔過程：*re-emt-on => r-ans-om => ransom.
4. 諧音“來贖媽，來贖母” --- 媽媽被綁架了，拿錢來把媽媽贖回去。
中文詞源
ransom 贖金來自古法語 ranson,贖金，救贖，來自（縮寫自）拉丁語 redemptionem,拯救，救贖，詞源同 redeem,redemption.拚寫比較 custom,來自（縮寫自）拉丁語 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 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Her kidnapper successfully extorted a £75,000 ransom for her release.
- 綁匪成功地勒索了7.5萬英鎊才將她釋放。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The ransom demand was made by telephone.
- 贖金是通過電話索要的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. They have to pay a large ransom.
- 他們不得不付一大筆贖金.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. In Rio, nearly forty people have been held to ransom this year alone.
- 在裏約熱內盧，僅今年一年就有近40人被綁票。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He is charged with kidnapping a businessman last year and holding him for ransom.
- 他被控於去年綁架了一名商人並勒索錢財。
來自柯林斯例句