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emancipate

/ih-man-suh-peyt/US // ɪˈmæn səˌpeɪt //UK // (ɪˈmænsɪˌpeɪt) //

解放,解放了,解放思想,解脱

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    e·man·ci·pat·ed, e·man·ci·pat·ing.

    • : to free from restraint, influence, or the like.
    • : to free from bondage or slavery.
    • : Roman and Civil Law. to terminate paternal control over.

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Examples

  • In the utopian vision, technology emancipates human labor from repetitive, mundane tasks, freeing us to be more productive and take on more fulfilling work.

  • The newly emancipated responded with cries of joy and prayers of gratitude — a celebration that became known as Juneteenth.

  • They were emancipated in November 1848 and educated in New York, where they made anti-slavery speeches and attended anti-slavery meetings.

  • In Georgia, he became a skilled barber and was able to earn enough side money to emancipate himself.

  • The desire to emancipate Greece, the birthplace of democracy, ran strong among the British for centuries.

  • Was the president planning to act on the wishes of the radicals of his party and emancipate all the slaves?

  • Namely, that we are narcissistic, entitled, financial drains on our parents, unable to emancipate, and excessively solipsistic.

  • “Like so many other young people in this country, Timmy, when he reached age 18, was allowed to emancipate,” says Jeannette.

  • He might also emancipate an unmarried daughter, who thus in her own self became an independent family.

  • Conservatism cannot emancipate itself from the conditions of the age.

  • Can Sir P. Perring understand the difference between finding fault with others, and seeking to emancipate ourselves?

  • The second effect has been to break down family, local, and national ties, and emancipate the individual man.

  • It is necessary also to emancipate our minds from the obsession that only "ignorant foreigners" are affected.

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