"hold for ransom" 怎么发音
expression
HOHLD fer RAN-suhm
HOHLD faw RAN-suhm
释义
To keep someone prisoner and demand money or something else in exchange for their release.
IPA 音标
美式英语
ˈhoʊɫd/ /ˈfɔɹ/, /fɝ/, /fɹɝ/ /ˈɹænsəm
英式英语
hˈəʊld/ /fˈɔː/ /ɹˈænsəm
简化发音
美式
HOHLD fer RAN-suhm
英式
HOHLD faw RAN-suhm
语境中听
The robbers held the family for ransom.
Hackers hold files for ransom until you pay them.
Criminals sometimes hold people for ransom in kidnapping cases.
They threatened to hold his pet for ransom unless he paid.