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Free Adj 例:The Verb 例:He Hand Means 例:She

单词 free
音标
英[fri:] 美[fri]
解释
adj.自由的;免费的;免税的;空闲的;adv.免费地;自由地,无拘束地;一帆风顺地;vt.免除;释放;使自由;解救;
例句

ADJ
免费的
If something is free, you can have it or use it without paying for it.
例:The seminars are free, with lunch provided.研讨会不收会务费,而且还提供午餐。
例:...a free brochure with details of gift vouchers.内有礼券详情的免费宣传册

ADJ-GRADED
自由的;不受约束的;没有限制的
Someone or something that is free is not restricted, controlled, or limited, for example by rules, customs, or other people.
例:The government will be free to pursue its economic policies...政府将可不受限制地实行其经济政策。
例:The elections were free and fair...选举是自由公正的。

VERB
使摆脱;使去掉
If you free someone of something that is unpleasant or restricting, you remove it from them.
例:It will free us of a whole lot of debt...它会使我们摆脱巨额债务。
例:The 30-year-old star is trying to free himself from his recording contract.这位30 岁的明星正试图从他的唱片合约中脱身。

ADJ
(人身)自由的;不受监禁(或奴役)的
Someone who is free is no longer a prisoner or a slave.
例:He walked from the court house a free man...他以自由之身走出了法院。
例:More than ninety prisoners have been set free so far under a government amnesty.目前已有 90 多名犯人因为一项政府特赦获得自由。

VERB
使人身自由;解放;释放
To free a prisoner or a slave means to let them go or release them from prison.
例:Israel is set to free more Lebanese prisoners...以色列准备释放更多的黎巴嫩犯人。
例:The act had a specific intent, to protect freed slaves from white mobs.这项法案有明确的目的,即保护被解放的奴隶免受白人暴民的伤害。

ADJ
无…的;摆脱了…的
If someone or something is free of or free from an unpleasant thing, they do not have it or they are not affected by it.
例:...a future far more free of fear...远远摆脱恐惧的未来
例:She retains her slim figure and is free of wrinkles...她保持着苗条的身材,脸上也没有皱纹。

ADJ
免(税)的
A sum of money or type of goods that is free of tax or duty is one that you do not have to pay tax on.

VERB
使解脱出来;使空出来
To free someone or something means to make them available for a task or function that they were previously not available for.
例:Toolbelts free both hands and lessen the risk of dropping hammers...工具腰带解放了双手,还减少了锤子掉落的风险。
例:His deal with Disney will run out shortly, freeing him to pursue his own project...他和迪斯尼的协议很快就要到期,这样他就可以腾出身来发展自己的项目了。

ADJ
空闲的;有空的;不上班的;不在忙的
If you have a free period of time or are free at a particular time, you are not working or occupied then.
例:She spent her free time shopping...她空闲的时候就去购物。
例:I used to write during my free periods at school...过去我经常在课余时间写作。

ADJ
不在用的;无人使用的;未被占用的
If something such as a table or seat is free, it is not being used or occupied by anyone, or is not reserved for anyone to use.
例:There was only one seat free on the train...列车上只剩下一个空座。
例:They took the only free table, which was just inside the door.他们在刚进门处的唯一一张空桌子边坐下。

ADJ
松开的;脱开的;未缚住的;未固定的
If you get something free or if it gets free, it is no longer trapped by anything or attached to anything.
例:The severe conditions hampered attempts to pull the vessel free of the rig...恶劣的天气情况使得把那艘船拉离钻塔的努力很难奏效。
例:He pulled his arm free, and strode for the door...他抽出胳膊,大步朝门走去。

VERB
松开;解开;使不再缚住(或固定)
If you free someone or something, you remove them from the place in which they have been trapped or become fixed.
例:It took firemen two hours to cut through the drive belt to free him...消防员花了两个小时才把传动带切断,把他救了出来。
例:He managed to free one hand to ward off a punch.他设法挣脱出一只手来挡住了一拳。

ADJ
(手或胳膊)空着的,闲着的
When someone is using one hand or arm to hold or move something, their other hand or arm is referred to as their free one.
例:He snatched up the receiver and his free hand groped for the switch on the bedside lamp...他一只手抓起电话听筒,另一只手去摸床头灯的开关。
例:She checked her fall with her free arm.多亏了她还有一只手空着才没让自己倒下去。

ADJ-GRADED
慷慨的;大手大脚的;过分给予的
If you say that someone is free with something such as advice or money, you mean that they give a lot of it, sometimes when it is not wanted.
例:They weren't always so free with their advice...他们并不是一直都如此好为人师。
例:They would often be free with criticism, some of it unjustified.他们经常会大肆批评,而且其中有些并无道理。

PHRASE
请随意;不必拘谨
You say 'feel free' when you want to give someone permission to do something, in a very willing way.
例:Go right ahead. Feel free...开始吧。请便。
例:If you have any questions at all, please feel free to ask me.如果有任何问题,请随意提问。

PHRASE
义务地;无偿地;免费地
If you do something or get something for free, you do it without being paid or get it without having to pay for it.
例:I wasn't expecting you to do it for free...我并没有指望你白干。
例:Why waste £50 when you could get it for free?能够免费得到为什么还要浪费50英镑呢?

PHRASE
(表达批评意见时用于强调)不管怎样
You say that you will express a critical opinion about something for free when you want to emphasize how strongly you feel about it.
例:I'll tell you one thing for free: I can't stand him.不管怎样我都要说:我受不了他。

PHRASAL VERB
开放,放开(市场、经济或体系)
To free up a market, economy, or system means to make it operate with fewer restrictions and controls.
例:...policies for freeing up markets and extending competition.开放市场、扩大竞争的政策
变形
third:frees~done:freed~est:freest~ing:freeing~er:freer~past:freed~

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