| 单词 | free |
| 释义 | freefreerfreestfreefree1 /friː/ adjective, adverb1no cost if something is free, it does not cost any money: There’s a free gift with this month’s magazine.本月杂志附赠礼品。Entrance to the club is free.be这家俱乐部免费入场。Pregnant women can get dental treatment free of charge.woman孕妇可以免费得到牙科治疗。Children under 5 travel free.child五岁以下的儿童免费乘车。for freeHe fixed the car for free.fix他免费修理了汽车。2not a prisoner not tied up or kept somewhere as a prisoner: The UN demanded that the hostages be set free.demandhostage联合国要求释放人质。The bear broke free from its cage.break熊从笼子里逃了出来。He walked from court a free man.walk他走出法庭﹐成了自由人。3not controlled not controlled or restricted by rules, laws, or the government ➔ freely: The government cannot restrict free speech (=the freedom to say what you believe).政府不能限制言论自由。The country held free elections last year.holdelection这个国家去年举行了自由选举。a free press 新闻自由free to do somethingYou’re free to say no.你可以说不的。free fromThe Bank of England should be free from political control.shall英格兰银行不应受政治控制。4not busy not busy working or doing other things: Yes, I’m free next weekend.是的﹐我下周末有空。I never have any free time.我向来没有闲暇时间。5not being used not being used by anyone else: Excuse me, is this seat free?be打扰﹐这位子空着吗？THESAURUS empty6not fixed not fixed or held in a particular position: She undid her hair, letting it fall free.undolet她把头发解开﹐披散下来。7not containing something without something, especially something harmful or unpleasantfree of/fromdrinks that are free from artificial sweetenersdrinkbesweetener不含人造甜味剂的饮料fat-free yoghurt脱脂酸奶tax-free/duty-freePhrasesfeel free spoken used to tell someone that they are allowed to do something: Feel free to ask questions.question请随便提问。a free hand permission to do something the way you want to: We gave the design team a free hand.give我们给予设计团队完全的自主。THESAURUS: freeempty an empty container has nothing in it. An empty place has no one in it: an empty bottleThe house looked empty.lookthe empty streetsstreetbare a bare room or cupboard has very little in it. Bare walls have no pictures on them: The room was bare except for a small table.bethe bare walls of the churchwallblank a blank screen or piece of paper has no writing or pictures on it. A blank tape, CD etc has nothing recorded on it: I kept staring at the blank sheet of paper.keepstareThe tape was blank.behollow a hollow tree, wall etc has an empty space inside: The insects live in hollow trees.insecttreeThe wall was hollowbefree a free seat, space, or room is available because no one else is using it: Is this seat free?beThere are never any parking spaces free at this time of day.beparkspacevacant a vacant room or building is available for people to pay to use: a vacant apartmentThe hotel said they didn’t have any rooms vacant at the moment.sayroomdeserted a deserted place is quiet because all the people have gone away: The streets were deserted.streetbedesert a deserted villagedesertuninhabited an uninhabited place has no one living there: an uninhabited islandThe house remained uninhabited for many years.remainyear |
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