常用短语

参考例句

1. The unions are holding the country to ransom , eg by a national strike.

   工会正在挟制国家以逼迫政府让步（如否则采取全国大罢工）.

2. "We'll take him home, pay the ransom , and make our getaway."

   “我们就把他送回去，付掉赎金，然后溜之大吉吧。”

3. Her father paid a $10,000 ransom to get her back from a snatch.

   她父亲付了一万美元赎金将她从绑架中解救出来。

4. They levied a tax/a fine/a ransom on him.

   他们向他征收税(罚金,索取赎金)。

5. A King's ransom would hardly have procured all that my other daughters asked for.

   即使是一个国王的赎身钱，也难以买到我的其他几个女儿所要的全部东西。

6. The police caught the man who tried to abduct the boy for ransom .

   警察抓住了那个企图拐走这男孩以便勒索赎金的家伙。

7. The kidnappers asked for a ransom of fifty thousand dollars.

   绑匪要求五万元赎金。

8. The kidnappers exacted a ransom of 10000 from the family.

   绑架者向这家人家勒索10000英镑的赎金.

9. They took away the boy and held him to ransom .

   他们劫持男孩勒索赎金。

10. Some road haulage firms had been held to ransom by union demands, backed by threats of instant shutdown.

    工会曾以立即停工相威胁，向一些陆运公司提出要求，进行勒索。

同义词

• reclaim
• recover
• redeem
• regain
• retrieve