来，参加我的晚会。◊
W7iat do you to do in your /hee time (= when you are not working)?你闲暇时喜欢
千什么？
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READY TO G丨VE 乐于给予 12 ~ with sth (often 也叩- proving) ready to give sth, especially when it is
not wanted 随便给出的：He’s
too _^ree with his opinions.他
太随便发表意见了。
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TRANSLAT丨ON.翻.i| 13 a free translation is not exact but gives
the general meaning不拘泥原文的;（翻译）根据
大意的;意译的_ compare literal⑵
ITiTi^l free and ’easy informal; relaxed 随便；.无拘東；
轻松；自由自在：was
never going to Se so 介ee and
easy again.生活绝不会再那样无拘无束j。get, have， etc. a free 'hand to get,
have, etc. the opportunity to do what you want to do and to make your own
decisions奇以全权处理；有自主权：I was
given a介ee hand in designing ■ the
syHabus.我获准全权制订^[学 大纲。get, take, etc. a free
'ride to get or take sth without paying because sb else is
paying, for it 白白得
到好处（因他人已代付款）it’s a free
‘country (/n/owu^ used as a reply when sb suggests that you should not
do sth (有人建议不应做某事时用于回答）这是个自由的 国家：Jt’s a 介ee
count/y;抓 say what J Hfce/ 这是个自由
的国家，我想说什么就说什么！
there’s
no such,thing as a free 'lunch (informal) used to say that it is not possible to get
sth for nothing .(表示.白得东西是不可能
的）没有免费的午餐一more at home
flc/v.，rein /7.
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verb
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PRISONER.囚犯 1 [VN]
~ sb (from sth) to allow sb to leave prison or somewhere they have been kept
against their will 释放；使自由 H7!!l RELEASE
： By the end of May nearly 100 of an estimated 2 000
political prisoners had been介eed.至五月底，估计2 000名政治犯中有近100人 -已经■获释。◊
rhe hij’acfcers agreed to 介ee a_/ixrther ten hostages•劫持者已同意再释放十名人质。
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SB/STH TRAPPED 被 _ 住的人 / 物 2 [VN] ~ sb/sth/yourself (from sth) to move sb/stli
that is caught or fixed on sth 解放；挺洁脱 333 release: Three
people were freed Jf^om the
wrecfcage•有三人被救出残骸。〇She strug容Zed to介ee
hersd/.她挣扎着以求脱身。
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REMOVE STH 去除某物 3 [VN] ~ sb/sth of/from sb/sth to remove
sth that is unpleasant or not wanted from sb/sth 解除（或去除、清除）SCI rid: These exercises heUp介ee the body 〇/tension.这些锻炼可使紧张的身体放
松。◊
77ie poZfce are determined to /iree i the town 〇/ violent crime.警方决心消灭该城镇的暴力犯罪。◊
77ie 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。
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MAKE AVAILABLE 使现成可用 4 [VN] ~ sb/sth (叩）to make sb/sth available for a particular
purpose 使亩用（于某
目的）：We 介eed time each weei
/or a project meering. 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, 府保证调拨更多资源用于教育。5[VNtoinfltogivesb
the extra time to do sth that they want to do 使能腾出 时间：Winning
the prize 介eed him
to paint /uH-time.获
奖使他能腾出时间整天作画。
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adv.
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WITHOUT PAYMENT 不需付款
1 (also .free of charge) without
payment 免费：Children
under five travel free. 五岁以下儿童乘客免费。
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NOT TRAPPED 未困.住 2 away
from or out of a position in which sb/sth is stuck or trapped 脱离束讀：The wagon
broke_/iree户the
train.逢节货车车厢政离了列
车。—see also scot-free
make free with sth (disapproving) to use sth a lot, even though it does not belong to
you 任意使用他人物
品 run 'free (of an animal 动物）to be
allowed to go where it likes; not tied to anything or kept in a cage 四处自由走动；未关起来；去受束缚一
more at walk v. .free 'agent noun a person who can do whatever they want because they
are not responsible to or for anyone else有自主权的人；行动自由的人
free-base /'friibeis/ noun [U] {slang) a specially prepared form of the powerful illegal drug
cocaine 精炼可+因 free-bas-ing /'friibeisiq/
noun [U] {slang) the activity of smoking freebase吸食龠炼可卡因
free-bie /'friibi/ noun {informal) something that is given to sb without
payment, usually by a company《常指公
| 811 free-for-all
司提供的）免费品：He took
aH the 介eebies that were on 〇ifer.他取了可得的全部免费品。◊ a介eebie hoHday免费 度假
free*boot*er /'fri:bu:ta(r)/ noun a person who takes part in a war in order to steal
goods and money 战争;掠 ►free-boot-ing
adj., noun [U]
free-born /'friibain; NAmE -bo:m/ adj.
[only before noun] not bom
as a slave生来麵由的；生为自由民的
.Free 'Church noun a Christian Church that does not belong to the
established Church in a particular country自由|教会（不属于国教）…
'free climbing noun [U]
the sport of climbing steep rock surfaces using very little equipment to help
you 手攀岩运动 一 compare aid climbing free-dom /'frirdam/
noun 1 [U, C] ~ (of sth) the right to do or say what you want without
anyone stopping you (指权利）.自由： 介eedom
o/speech/thought^expressfoa/wors/iip 言论 / 思想 / 表达 / 信仰自由◊ a threat
to press/academfc，etc. 介eedom对新_、学:术等自由命威胁◊
rights and 介eedoms guaranteed by the constitutiori 宪法保障的权利
和自由 2 [U，sing.]〜（of sth)丨 ~ (to do sth) the
state ot being able to do what you want, without anything stopping you (指状态）自由：i^eedom
〇/ action/ choice 行动/选_自—◊ competeJ^eedom to do 〇5you
Wish按照i己意愿行事的绝对自由〇7710^5[0仂6£1從0- mobile, Americans soon had a freedom of movement previously
imfcnown.由于有了汽备，美国人很快就获得
了前所未有的行动自由。3 [U] the state of not being a prisoner or slave自由民地位（不是囚犯或奴隶）：He jinaHy
won his 介eedom a_/ter twenty years i.njai'Z.他蹲了 二十年监狱以后终于获得了自由。4 [U]〜from
sth the state of not being affected by the thing mentioned 没 有…的情况；木受…影响的状态：介eedom/rom/ear/
pafn/hunger, etc.免手恐惧、痛苦、饥饿等 5 [sing.] the 〜of sth
permission to use sth without restriction 自由 使用权：I was given
the freedom of the vvhoZe house.我 获得整座房子的自由使用权。_ the
freedom of the 'city (in Britain) an honour that is given to sb
by a city as a reward for work they have done (英国 > 荣_市苠 称号一see also freeman
— more at manoeuvre n. 'freedom fighter noun a name
used to describe a person who uses violence to try to remove a government from
power, by people who support this 自 由斗士 (支持者用以称呼使用暴力推翻政府的人）一compare
GUERRILLA
.freedom of as'sembly noun [u] the right to have public meetings which is
guaranteed by law in the
.freedom of assdci'ation noun [U]
the right to meet people and to form organizations without needing permission
from the government结社自由（无须政府批
准成立组织的权利）
.freedom of infor mation noun [U] the right to see any information that a government
has about people and organizations信息自由（査阅政府所掌握有关个人
及组纟的信息的^利）
.free 'enterprise noun [u] an economic system in which private businesses
compete with each other without： much
government control 自由企业（体制） _ compare private enterprise .free 'fall noun [U] 1 the movement of an object or a
person falling through the air without engine power or a parachute (人或物的）自由下落：a#ee/aH
display 自由下落表演 2 a sudden drop in the value of sth that cannot be stopped (价值）突 _不止：Share
prices have gone into/ree/aH•股备猛跌示it。
.free-'floating adj. not
attached to or controlled by anything 自由浮动的：a 介ee-/foating
exchan讲 rate ■畜 由浮动汇率
Free-fone™ noun [u] = Freephone 'free-for-all noun [sing.] 1 a situation in which there are no rules
or controls and everyone acts for their own advantage 不加管制；自由放任：77ie lowering 〇/ trade barriers has Zed to a 户ee-/or-aH among
exporters.降低贸 易壁垒导致出口商各自为备。2 a
noisy fight or argument