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freed

/free/US // fri //UK // (friː) //

被释放的,自由的,自由自在的,自由活动的

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adj.形容词 adjective
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    fre·er [free-er], /ˈfri ər/, fre·est [free-ist]. /ˈfri ɪst/.

    • : enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
    • : pertaining to or reserved for those who enjoy personal liberty: They were thankful to be living on free soil.
    • : existing under, characterized by, or possessing civil and political liberties that are, as a rule, constitutionally guaranteed by representative government: the free nations of the world.
    • : enjoying political autonomy, as a people or country not under foreign rule; independent.
    • : exempt from external authority, interference, restriction, etc., as a person or one's will, thought, choice, action, etc.; independent; unrestricted.
    • : able to do something at will; at liberty: free to choose.
    • : clear of obstructions or obstacles, as a road or corridor: The highway is now free of fallen rock.
    • : not occupied or in use: I'll try to phone her again if the line is free.
    • : exempt or released from something specified that controls, restrains, burdens, etc.: free from worry; free of taxes.See also -free.
    • : having immunity or being safe: free from danger.
    • : provided without, or not subject to, a charge or payment: free parking; a free sample.
    • : given without consideration of a return or reward: a free offer of legal advice.
    • : unimpeded, as motion or movement; easy, firm, or swift.
    • : not held fast; loose; unattached: to get one's arm free.
    • : not joined to or in contact with something else: The free end of the cantilever sagged.
    • : acting without self-restraint or reserve: to be too free with one's tongue.
    • : ready or generous in giving; liberal; lavish: to be free with one's advice.
    • : given readily or in profusion; unstinted.
    • : frank and open; unconstrained, unceremonious, or familiar.
    • : unrestrained by decency; loose or licentious: free behavior.
    • : not subject to special regulations, restrictions, duties, etc.: The ship was given free passage.
    • : of, relating to, or characterized by free enterprise: a free economy.
    • : that may be used by or is open to all: a free market.
    • : engaged in by all present; general: a free fight.
    • : not literal, as a translation, adaptation, or the like; loose.
    • : uncombined chemically: free oxygen.
    • : traveling without power; under no force except that of gravity or inertia: free flight.
    • : Phonetics. situated in an open syllable.
    • : at liberty to enter and enjoy at will: to be free of a friend's house.
    • : not subject to rules, set forms, etc.: The young students had an hour of free play between classes.
    • : easily worked, as stone, land, etc.
    • : Mathematics. having specified magnitude and direction but no specified initial point.Compare bound.
    • : Also large. Nautical. nearly on the quarter, so that a sailing vessel may sail free.
    • : not containing a specified substance: Our deli meats are free of additives.See also -free.
    • : occurring as an independent construction, without necessary combination with other forms, as most words.Compare bound.
    • : without cost, payment, or charge.
adv.副词 adverb
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    • : in a free manner; freely.
    • : Nautical. away from the wind, so that a sailing vessel need not be close-hauled: running free.
v.有主动词 verb
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    freed, free·ing.

    • : to make free; set at liberty; release from bondage, imprisonment, or restraint.
    • : to exempt or deliver.
    • : to relieve or rid: to free oneself of responsibility.
    • : to disengage; clear.
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    • : free up, to release, as from restrictions: Congress voted to free up funds for the new highway system.to disentangle: It took an hour to free up the traffic jam.

Phrases

  • free agent
  • free and clear
  • free and easy
  • free as a bird
  • free enterprise
  • free fall
  • free hand
  • free lunch
  • free rein
  • breathe easy (freely)
  • feel free
  • footloose and fancy-free
  • for free
  • get off (scot-free)
  • home free
  • make free with
  • of one's own accord (free will)

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Examples

  • In what might be considered a twist, that story wrapped up before the finale, leaving Sam and Dean free at last to live happily ever after.

  • Apple and Google developed the underlying technology free, but many states still have struggled to make their own apps.

  • Without Thompson, the Warriors find themselves at a crossroads with free agency opening Friday.

  • The 28-year-old guard will be a free agent next summer, and his name has been tossed into various trade scenarios before the start of the 2020-21 season.

  • If you’re still holding out for something to feel normal in 2020, here comes the NBA free agency period.

  • She says she will have to fight in “other ways” to get her client freed.

  • It was his business acumen, his own unflagging zeal for the creative business solution, that had freed Sam to do this.

  • Kurdish forces declared victory and freed Yazidi holdouts, with help from U.S. air power.

  • Gross and an unnamed American intelligence agent were freed Wednesday in exchange for three Cuban spies.

  • He cites an interview that a freed POW, Air Force Lt. Col. William Harrison, gave to The New York Times in 1953.

  • She must be freed through the progress of Liberal ideas in France and Germany—not by her own inherent energies.

  • Freed from his presence, Black Sheep resolved that he should no longer be deprived of his allowance of pleasure-reading.

  • I have seen examples of such being freed, that is, turned out of doors to starve.

  • Jefferson proposed that the Negroes be freed and then sent out of the United States.

  • If the hyposulphite of soda is entirely freed from them, they will bear any exposure to atmospheric influence without change.