pay a ransom 支付赎金
hold for ransom 绑架索要赎金
kidnap ransom 绑架赎金
ransom note 赎金信
ransom demand 赎金要求
1. The kidnappers demanded two million dollars in ransoms.
绑匪要求支付两百万美元赎金。
2. Several families paid ransoms to get their relatives back.
一些家庭支付赎金以换回他们的亲人。
3. The police warned against paying ransoms to criminals.
警方警告不要向罪犯支付赎金。
A: The group collected ransoms from several victims' families.
A：这个团伙向几名受害者家属收取赎金。
B: That is why authorities advise not to pay ransoms.
B：这就是为什么当局建议不要支付赎金。
1) 指多起赎金支付行为或金额总称
2) 指绑架或劫持案件中索要的赎金
3) 在新闻语境中泛指赎金案件相关款项
1. 赎金（复数形式）
e.g.The kidnappers collected multiple ransoms from different families.
绑匪从不同家庭收取了多笔赎金。
2. 为赎回人质或物品所支付的钱
e.g.Authorities refused to negotiate ransoms with criminals.
当局拒绝就赎金与罪犯谈判。
noun
1. Plural form of ransom; money paid to free a person who has been kidnapped or to recover stolen property.
Synonym: payments, redemption money