- free
- [friː]
1. adj
1) (costing nothing) [+ meal, ticket etc] 免费的 [miǎnfèi de]
The coffee was free. — 咖啡是免费的。
2) [+ person] 自由的 [zìyóu de]The slave escaped and became a free man. — 奴隶逃跑了，成了自由人。
3) [+ time] 空闲的 [kòngxián de]They don't have much free time. — 他们没有多少空闲时间。
4) [+ seat, table] 空余的 [kòngyú de]Is that seat free? — 那个座位是空的吗？
5) (unrestricted) [+ choice, press, speech, elections] 自由的 [zìyóu de]It's their free choice. — 那是他们的自由选择。
We can't do that if we haven't got a free press. — 如果没有自由的新闻界，我们根本做不到。 [+ passage, movement] 畅通的 [chàngtōng de]
6) [+ hand, arm] 闲着的 [xiánzhe de]2. vtHe buttoned his overcoat with his free hand. — 他用闲着的那只手扣上了外衣的扣子。
1) (release) [+ prisoner, slave] 释放 [shìfàng]They were freed by their kidnappers unharmed. — 他们被绑匪释放了，并没有受到伤害。; [+ injured person] 解救 [jiějiù]
Firemen tried to free the injured. — 消防队员尽力解救受伤人员。; [+ jammed object] 使脱开 [shǐ tuōkāi]
He used a screwdriver to free the lock. — 他用螺丝刀打开了锁。
2) [+ person] (from responsibility, duty) 摆脱 [bǎituō]His contract will run out shortly, freeing him to pursue his own projects. — 他的合同很快就要到期了，这样他得以摆脱来发展自己的项目。
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free (of charge), for free — 免费*
to give sb a free hand — 给某人自主权*
admission free — 免费进入*
to be free of or from sth — 没有某物The area will be free of pollution by the year 2006. — 到2006年，这个地区将没有污染。
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to be free to do sth — 随意做某事Women should be free to dress as they please. — 女性应该任其喜好随意穿戴。
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free and easy — 自由自在的*
feel free — 随便*
to free sb of sth — 使某人摆脱某物
English-Chinese new dictionary. 2014.
