free
- adj.自由的;免费的;空闲的;(货物等) 免税的;自然的, 不拘束的;自愿的, 主动的;未固定的，松开的;不受阻碍的;丰盛的;直爽的, 坦率的;受准许的, 可允许的;(用钱) 大手大脚的
- adv.自由地;免费地;帆脚索被松开地
- v.释放;使免于;使可用于;使解脱出来;使能腾出时间
最高级： freest 比较级： freer 过去式： freed 现在分词： freeing 过去分词： freed 第三人称单数： frees
freeadj.
不受控制 not controlled
能随自己意愿的；随心所欲的
not under the control or in the power of sb else; able to do what you want
I have no ambitions other than to have a happy life and be free.
我没有雄心大志，只求自由自在地过幸福生活。
Students have a free choice of courses in their final year.
学生在最后一学年可以自由选修课程。
You are free to come and go as you please.
你来去自由。
‘Can I use the phone?’ ‘Please, feel free (= of course you can use it) .’
“我能用一下电话吗？”“请便吧。”
不受限制的；不受约束的；言行自由的
not restricted or controlled by anyone else; able to do or say what you want
A true democracy complete with free speech and a free press was called for.
人们呼吁要有充分言论自由和新闻自由的真正民主。
the country's first free election
该国的第一次自由选举
They gave me free access to all the files.
他们让我自由查阅所有档案资料。
非囚犯 not prisoner
自由的（不是囚犯或奴隶）
not a prisoner or slave
He walked out of jail a free man .
他获释出狱，成为自由人。
动物；鸟 animal/bird
未拴住的；非关在笼中的
not tied up or in a cage
The researchers set the birds free .
研究人员把鸟放了。
不用付款 no payment
不收费的
costing nothing
Admission is free.
免费入场。
free samples/tickets/advice
免费样品 / 票 / 咨询
We're offering a fabulous free gift with each copy you buy.
购买一册就可以得到一份免费好礼。
You can't expect people to work for free (= without payment) .
你不能指望人工作不要报酬。
无阻碍 not blocked
无阻碍的；畅通的
clear; not blocked
Ensure there is a free flow of air around the machine.
要确保机器周围空气畅通。
没有 without sth
不含有害物的；不受…伤害（或影响等的）
not containing or affected by sth harmful or unpleasant
free from difficulty/doubt/fear
没有困难；不怀疑 / 害怕
free from artificial colours and flavourings
不含人工色素和人工调味料
It was several weeks before he was completely free of pain.
过了几星期他的疼痛才完全消除。
没有…的
without the thing mentioned
virtually fat-free yogurt
几乎无脂的酸奶
tax-free earnings
免税收入
a trouble-free life
无忧无虑的生活
未固定 / 缚住 not attached/trapped
未固定的；未缚住的
not attached to sth or trapped by sth
Pull gently on the free end of the rope.
轻拉绳索松开的一端。
They had to be cut free from their car after the accident.
事故后，得破开汽车把他们救出来。
She finally managed to pull herself free.
她终于设法挣脱了。
未使用 not being used
未使用的；空著的
not being used
He held out his free hand and I took it.
他伸出空着的一只手，我就抓住了。
Is this seat free?
这个座位空着吗？
不忙 not busy
没有安排活动的；空闲的
without particular plans or arrangements; not busy
If Sarah is free for lunch I'll take her out.
如果萨拉有空吃午饭，我就带她出去吃。
Keep Friday night free for my party.
把星期五晚上空出来，参加我的晚会。
What do you like to do in your free time (= when you are not working) ?
你闲暇时喜欢干什么？
乐于给予 ready to give
随便给出的
ready to give sth, especially when it is not wanted
He's too free with his opinions.
他太随便发表意见了。
翻译 translation
不拘泥原文的；（翻译）根据大意的；意译的
a free translation is not exact but gives the general meaning
informal; relaxed
生活绝不会再那样无拘无束了。
Life was never going to be so free and easy again.
to get, have, etc. the opportunity to do what you want to do and to make your own decisions
我获准全权制订教学大纲。
I was given a free hand in designing the syllabus.
to get or take sth without paying because sb else is paying for it
used as a reply when sb suggests that you should not do sth
这是个自由的国家，我想说什么就说什么！
It's a free country; I'll say what I like!
used to say that it is not possible to get sth for nothing
to give sb complete freedom of action; to allow a feeling to be expressed freely
设计者可以自由发挥。
The designer was given free rein.
The script allows full rein to her larger-than-life acting style.
剧本允许她充分展现她那夸张的表演风格。
verb
囚犯 prisoner
释放；使自由
to allow sb to leave prison or somewhere they have been kept against their will
By the end of May nearly 100 of an estimated 2 000 political prisoners had been freed.
至五月底，估计2 000名政治犯中有近100人已经获释。
The hijackers agreed to free a further ten hostages.
劫持者已同意再释放十名人质。
被困住的人 / 物 sb/sth trapped
解放；使摆脱
to move sb/sth that is caught or fixed on sth
Three people were freed from the wreckage.
有三人被救出残骸。
She struggled to free herself.
她挣扎着以求脱身。
去除某物 remove sth
解除（或去除、清除）
to remove sth that is unpleasant or not wanted from sb/sth
These exercises help free the body of tension.
这些锻炼可使紧张的身体放松。
The police are determined to free the town of violent crime.
警方决心消灭该城镇的暴力犯罪。
The centre aims to free young people from dependency on drugs.
这个中心的目的是使年轻人解除对毒品的依赖。
使现成可用 make available
使可用（于某目的）
to make sb/sth available for a particular purpose
We freed time each week for a project meeting.
我们每周都腾出时间开一次项目会议。
The government has promised to free up more resources for education.
政府保证调拨更多资源用于教育。
使能腾出时间
to give sb the extra time to do sth that they want to do
Winning the prize freed him to paint full-time.
获奖使他能腾出时间整天作画。
adv.
不需付款 without payment
免费
without payment
Children under five travel free.
五岁以下儿童乘客免费。
未困住 not trapped
脱离束缚
away from or out of a position in which sb/sth is stuck or trapped
The wagon broke free from the train.
这节货车车厢脱离了列车。
to use sth a lot, even though it does not belong to you
to be allowed to go where it likes; not tied to anything or kept in a cage
to be allowed to leave court, etc., without receiving any punishment
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ADJ 免费的
If something is free, you can have it or use it without paying for it.The seminars are free, with lunch provided.
研讨会不收会务费，而且还提供午餐。
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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.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。
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They cast their votes freely and without coercion on election day...
选举日那天他们自由地进行了投票，没有受到胁迫。
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VERB 使摆脱;使去掉
If you free someone of something that is unpleasant or restricting, you remove it from them.It will free us of a whole lot of debt...
它会使我们摆脱巨额债务。
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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.He walked from the court house a free man...
他以自由之身走出了法院。
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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.Israel is set to free more Lebanese prisoners...
以色列准备释放更多的黎巴嫩犯人。
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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....a future far more free of fear...
远远摆脱恐惧的未来
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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.See also:duty-free;interest-free;tax-free
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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.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。
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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.She spent her free time shopping...
她空闲的时候就去购物。
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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.There was only one seat free on the train...
列车上只剩下一个空座。
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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.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。
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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.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。
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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.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。
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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.They weren't always so free with their advice...
他们并不是一直都如此好为人师。
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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.Go right ahead. Feel free...
开始吧。请便。
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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.I wasn't expecting you to do it for free...
我并没有指望你白干。
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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.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。
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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....policies for freeing up markets and extending competition.
开放市场、扩大竞争的政策
noun
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- people who are free
- the home of the free and the brave
- Synonym: free people
verb
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- make (assets) available
- release the holdings in the dictator's bank account
- Synonym: unblock unfreeze release
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- let off the hook
- I absolve you from this responsibility
- Synonym: absolve justify
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- free or remove obstruction from
- free a path across the cluttered floor
- Synonym: disengage
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- remove or force out from a position
- The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums
- He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble
- Synonym: dislodge
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- release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
- Synonym: release liberate
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- part with a possession or right
- I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest
- resign a claim to the throne
- Synonym: release relinquish resign give up
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- relieve from
- Rid the house of pests
- Synonym: rid disembarrass
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- grant freedom to;free from confinement
- Synonym: liberate release unloose unloosen loose
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- free from obligations or duties
- Synonym: discharge
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- make (information) available for publication
- release the list with the names of the prisoners
- Synonym: release
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- grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
- She exempted me from the exam
- Synonym: exempt relieve
adj
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- not literal
- a loose interpretation of what she had been told
- a free translation of the poem
- Synonym: loose liberal
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- completely wanting or lacking
- writing barren of insight
- young recruits destitute of experience
- innocent of literary merit
- the sentence was devoid of meaning
- Synonym: barren destitute devoid innocent
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- unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion
- free expansion
- free oxygen
- a free electron
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- not fixed in position
- the detached shutter fell on him
- he pulled his arm free and ran
- Synonym: detached
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- able to act at will;not hampered;not under compulsion or restraint
- free enterprise
- a free port
- a free country
- I have an hour free
- free will
- free of racism
- feel free to stay as long as you wish
- a free choice
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- not held in servitude
- after the Civil War he was a free man
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- not occupied or in use
- a free locker
- a free lane
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- not taken up by scheduled activities
- a free hour between classes
- spare time on my hands
- Synonym: spare
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- costing nothing
- complimentary tickets
- free admission
- Synonym: complimentary costless gratis(p) gratuitous
adv
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- without restraint
- cows in India are running loose
- Synonym: loose
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It 's a free country ; I 'll say what I like !
这是个自由的国家，我想说什么就说什么！
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He fears that until state subsidies are removed , Russia will never have a truly free press
他担心在取消国家补助之前，俄罗斯将根本不会有真正自由的媒体。
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Medical care is still free at the point of use .
医疗保健在实际提供点仍然是免费的。
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I don 't have much free time .
我没有多少空闲时间。
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You are free to come and go as you please .
你来去自由。
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Life was never going to be so free and easy again .
生活绝不会再那样无拘无束了。
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Ensure there is a free flow of air around the machine .
要确保机器周围空气畅通。
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Do you have much free time ?
你空闲时间多吗？
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There has been a high uptake of the free training .
免费培训有很多人参加。
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Can you work it so that we get free tickets ?
你能不能为我们搞到些免费票？
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The government has promised to free up more resources for education .
政府保证调拨更多资源用于教育。
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The school funds a set number of free places .
学校资助固定数目的免费生。
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A free trade agreement would be advantageous to both countries .
自由贸易协定对两国都会有利。
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Students have a free choice of courses in their final year .
学生在最后一学年可以自由选修课程。
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Feel free to ask questions if you don 't understand .
你要是不懂，可以随便提问。
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He held out his free hand and I took it .
他伸出空着的一只手，我就抓住了。
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Pick up one of our free information sheets at reception .
请在接待处拿一份我们的免费资料。
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The state provides free education .
政府提供免费教育。
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The job was beginning to make unreasonable demands on his free time .
他的闲暇时间开始被工作过分地侵占了。
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They are free to do as they please .
他们想怎么做就怎么做。
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They gave me free access to all the files .
他们让我自由查阅所有档案资料。
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It was several weeks before he was completely free of pain .
过了几星期他的疼痛才完全消除。
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We offer customers a free home delivery service .
我们为客户提供免费送货上门的服务。
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She was a supporter of the free market economy .
她是自由市场经济的拥护者。
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You will automatically get free dental treatment if you are under 18 .
18岁以下的人一律免费得到牙科治疗。
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We freed time each week for a project meeting .
我们每周都腾出时间开一次项目会议。
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She left of her own free will .
她是自愿离开的。
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We need to free business from the dead hand of bureaucracy .
我们必须摆脱官僚主义对工作的严重影响。
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Free newspapers : please take one .
报纸免费，请取一份。
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The new treaty establishes a free trade zone .
新条约设立了自由贸易区。
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