英语单词“hold someone ransom”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析
单词
hold someone ransom
释义
holdsomeoneransom
idiomUS(UKholdsomeoneto ransom)toforcesomeone to do something by putting thatpersonin asituationwhere they have nochoice:Heclaimedhiscountrywas beingheldransombythreatsofwithdrawingaid.SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesCausing somebody to act- arm-twisting
- bludgeon
- bounce
- bouncesomeoneintosomething
- bulldoze
- bully
- forcibly
- holdsomeoneto ransomidiom
- impel
- impose
- jolt
- railroad
- ramsomethingintosomeone
- ransom
- reduce
- reducesomeonetosomething
- reimpose
- reimposition
- slap
- squeeze
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