free

英[friː]美[friː]

adj.免费的，自由的，免税的，空闲的，未被占用的，松开的，慷慨的；

adv.免费，松脱地；

v.使摆脱，解放，松开；

第三人称单数：frees;

过去式：freed;

过去分词：freed;

现在分词：freeing;

比较级：freer;

*高级：freest;

例句

She always angles for a free ticket.她转弯抹角地想要一张免费票。

She can't free herself of the idea that someone's watching her all the time.她无法摆脱有人一直在盯着她的念头。

The company gives its staff interest-free loan.公司为它的职员提供无息贷款。

free colour leaflets for distribution overseas向海外分发的免费彩色传单

to free tangled ropes解开纠缠在一起的绳索

She’s a staunch advocate of free trade.她是自由贸易的忠实拥护者。

three years of drug-free sobriety戒*三年

The scheme to allow all pensioners a free travel pass was nipped in the bud by the government, who said it would cost too much.*府认为为所有领养老金者提供免费旅游通行证的计划耗资过大，因此刚有人提出就被否决了。

The previously free (= not paid for) distribution of text books will now be confined to students who are needy.以前免费发放课本， 现在只给贫困学生。

When an atom of U235 is split,several neutrons are set free.一个铀235原子分裂时,释放出几个中子。

英语六级真题

Working-class parents, meanwhile, believe their children will naturally thrive, and give them far greater independence and time for free play.

Winners of local contests will participate in the national math competition for free.

The Math Olympiad Summer Training Program is a three-week math camp held by the Mathematical Association of America that leads straight to the international championship and is free for those who make it.

Haslam has said colleges would be free to opt in or out of the outsourcing plan, which has not been finalized.

Those dangers can be addressed with farmer and consumer education, he said, while the free water and nutrients from human waste can help urban farmers in developing countries to escape poverty.

One recent study attempted to calculate the extent of this ecological overshoot of the human economy, and found that we are using 1.2 Earth's-worth of environmental goods and services—the implication being that at some point the debt will be called in, and all those services—the things which the planet does for us for free—will grind to a halt.

During commercials, an overlay will appear at the bottom of the screen, prompting viewers to press a button to request a free sample or order a catalogue.

It was in a free fall, and it was a veryscary period, economist Martin Neil Baily said.

They are free from the greenhouse effects affecting forced riders.

Now we are told Members of Parliament ( ' , MPs) will have a free vote before parliament is dissolved in March.

Developed nations such as Australia, the United States, Canada, and European countries are essentially climate free-riders: causing the majority of the problems through high greenhouse gas emissions, while incurring few of the costs such as climate change's impact on food and water.

This one was chosen because it echoed the labels of groups, such as Italian Americans and Irish Americans, that had already been freed of widespread discrimination.

It is free from racial biases.

"We want to improve the quality of animal health and make it easier for farmers to maintain large landscapes where animals roam free," says Sukkarieh.

At the same time, we recognize that children might have an interest in entering adulthood free to create their own digital footprint.

But the only way college could be free is if the faculty and staff donated their time, the buildings required no maintenance, and campuses required no utilities.

For example, the Swedish jeans company Nudie Jeans offers free repair at twenty of their shops.

Free market capitalism hasn't freed us.

However, there are certain advantages of public universities, such as the fees being free.

In fact, they sometimes take their own lives because they are treated so badly, and because they believe they will be born again, free and living in their own land.

One recent study attempted to calculate the extent of this "ecological overshoot of the human economy", and found that we are using 1.2 Earth's-worth of environmental goods and services—the implication being that at some point the debt will be called in,

The aim was to enable older people to remain in their own homes for as long as possible, but this increased concern about the lack of coordination between free health and paid-for social car.

The average student's debt upon graduation now approaches $, 000, and as college becomes ever more expensive, calls to make it free are multiplying.

The average student's debt upon graduation now approaches $40, 000, and as college becomes ever more expensive, calls to make it "free" are multiplying.

The champions of free market capitalism promised their way of life would bring us freedom, but it wasn't freedom at all.

The National Health Service was free and wholly publicly provided.

You can also use apps like Off Time or Unplugged to create tech free zones by strategically scheduling automatic airplane modes.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

ADJ

免费的

If something is free, you can have it or use it without paying for it.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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英汉词典释义

adj.

自由的; 不受约束的

免费的, 无偿的

空闲的; 不忙的

摆脱…的; 不受…影响的

adv.

免费地

自由地, 无拘束地

vt.

免除; 释放

vi.

使......免除，使......释放，使.....摆脱

英英词典释义

Noun

1. people who are free;

Verb

1. grant freedom to; free from confinement

2. relieve from;

3. remove or force out from a position;

4. grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to;

5. make (information) available publication;

6. free from obligations or duties

7. free or remove obstruction from;

8. let off the hook;

9. part with a possession or right;

10. make (assets) available;

Adjective

1. able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint;

2. unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion;

3. costing nothing;

4. not occupied or in use;

5. not fixed in position;

6. not held in servitude;

7. not taken up by scheduled activities;

8. not literal;

Adverb

1. without restraint;

行业词典

体育： 轮空；自由的；随意的；顺风的；腾身的；

机械： 自由场；［sound］ field 均匀各向同性的媒质中，边界影响可以不计的声场。；自由电子激光器；free electron laser 以自由电子为工作物质，将高能电子束的能量转换成激光的装置。；

法律： 免除；

物理学： 自由感应衰减；free induction decay；自由体积模型；free volume model；自由电子模型；free electron model；自由离子模型；freeion model；

电力： 无压隧洞；free flow tunnel；续流臂；free wheeling arm；