| 英语单词 | freely |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['friːli] 美 ['friːli] |
| 中文释义 | adv.自由地;免费地;直率地;大量地 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely. (2) Love is freely given, not doled out on demand. (3) I freely admit the former existence of many islands, now buried beneath the sea, which may have served as haltingplaces for plants and for many animals during their migration. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 伍德斯托克一代试图自由地赶时髦。 (2) 爱是自由地给予,爱不是在需要的时候施舍。 (3) 我直率地承认,从前曾存在过许多岛屿可作为植物和许多动物迁移中歇足之地,现在都已埋在海下了。 |
| vocabulary简明 | When you do something freely, you act without restraint or control by anyone or anything. Weekends are best when you can freely choose when to wake up and what to do with your days. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Many people spend their childhoods yearning to be older so they can freely live their lives. On a smaller scale, if you let your backyard chickens roam unchecked around your property, they can move freely; and if you ice skate on a lake instead of a small indoor rink, you can move freely, in any direction, without being scolded. Freely comes from free, with its Old English root freo, "acting of one's own will." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADV-GRADED 副词]经常地;大量地 Freely means many times or in large quantities. [ADV after v]
2 [ADV-GRADED 副词]坦率地;无顾忌地 If you can talk freely, you can talk without needing to be careful about what you say. [ADV after v]
3 [ADV-GRADED 副词]自愿地;心甘情愿地 If someone gives or does something freely, they give or do it willingly, without being ordered or forced to do it. [ADV with v]
4 [ADV-GRADED 副词]See also:free ;无阻碍地;顺畅地 If something or someone moves freely, they move easily and smoothly, without any obstacles or resistance. [ADV after v]
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