The writer stated that Rastus was in safe hands and would be returned immediately if Mrs.Ramsay paid a ransom of $1,000.
寫信人聲稱拉斯特斯安然無恙，只要拉姆齊太太愿意支付1，000 英鎊贖金，可以立即將貓送還。
新概念英語第三冊 Lesson 19 A very dear cat

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writer ['ra?t?] 詞頻2
n. 作家;作者;撰寫人;寫字…的人;
?? writ=write寫+er人 →作家
近義：literatus, author, redactor, columnist, contributor, editor
immediately [?'mid??tli] 詞頻1
adv. 立即，馬上;直接地;緊接地; conj. 一…就，即刻;
?? immediate立即的 + ly...地 → 立即, 馬上, 直接地
"You are under no compulsion to pay immediately."
沒有人強迫你立刻付款。
近義：hereupon, instantaneously, instanter, instantly, outright, p.d.q. 反義：hereafter, hereinafter, later, next, posthumously, presently
ransom ['r?ns?m] 詞頻3
n. 付贖金救人，贖金;[神]贖罪; vt. 贖回;[神]贖救;
?? rans+om(take)→贖金；贖回；補償
"They have to pay a large ransom."
他們不得不付一大筆贖金.
近義：manumit, redeem, save, unfetter, deliver, emancipate
safe [sef] 詞頻1 詞根: 服侍
adj. 安全的;保險的，肯定的;無損的;提供保護的; n. 保險箱，保險柜;冷藏箱;〈俚〉避孕套;
?? 被save（拯救）已safe（安全）
"The family jewels are locked away in a safe."
家里的珠寶首飾都鎖在保險柜里。
近義：strongbox, vault, innocuous, inoffensive, offenceless, riskless 反義：hesitant, hesitative, infirm, irresolute, shaky, skeptical
paid [peid] 詞頻1
adj. 有報酬的;領取報酬的;領錢的;付費的; v. 付給( pay的過去式);付款;有利可圖;（對…）有利;
"You can be paid in cash weekly or by cheque monthly; those are the two alternatives."
你的工資可以按周以現金支取，或按月以支票支取。二者可選其一。
近義：cancelled, canceled, salaried, salary, stipendiary 反義：outstanding, overdrawn, unexpended, unliquidated, unsettled

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