free

高中CET4CET6

英[friː]
美[friː]

基本释义

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

词性变化

实用例句

Why waste £50 when you could get it for free?

能够免费得到为什么还要浪费50英镑呢?

I wasn't expecting you to do it for free...

我并没有指望你白干。

If you have any questions at all, please feel free to ask me.

如果有任何问题,请随意提问。

Go right ahead. Feel free...

开始吧。请便。

He pulled his arm free, and strode for the door...

他抽出胳膊,大步朝门走去。

It took firemen two hours to cut through the drive belt to free him...

消防员花了两个小时才把传动带切断,把他救了出来。

He managed to free one hand to ward off a punch.

他设法挣脱出一只手来挡住了一拳。

He snatched up the receiver and his free hand groped for the switch on the bedside lamp...

他一只手抓起电话听筒,另一只手去摸床头灯的开关。

She checked her fall with her free arm.

多亏了她还有一只手空着才没让自己倒下去。

They weren't always so free with their advice...

他们并不是一直都如此好为人师。

They would often be free with criticism, some of it unjustified.

他们经常会大肆批评,而且其中有些并无道理。

The severe conditions hampered attempts to pull the vessel free of the rig...

恶劣的天气情况使得把那艘船拉离钻塔的努力很难奏效。

They took the only free table, which was just inside the door.

他们在刚进门处的唯一一张空桌子边坐下。

There was only one seat free on the train...

列车上只剩下一个空座。

...a future far more free of fear...

远远摆脱恐惧的未来

She retains her slim figure and is free of wrinkles...

她保持着苗条的身材,脸上也没有皱纹。

Toolbelts free both hands and lessen the risk of dropping hammers...

工具腰带解放了双手,还减少了锤子掉落的风险。

His deal with Disney will run out shortly, freeing him to pursue his own project...

他和迪斯尼的协议很快就要到期,这样他就可以腾出身来发展自己的项目了。

She spent her free time shopping...

她空闲的时候就去购物。

I used to write during my free periods at school...

过去我经常在课余时间写作。

The seminars are free, with lunch provided.

研讨会不收会务费,而且还提供午餐。

...a free brochure with details of gift vouchers.

内有礼券详情的免费宣传册

The government will be free to pursue its economic policies...

政府将可不受限制地实行其经济政策。

The elections were free and fair...

选举是自由公正的。

It will free us of a whole lot of debt...

它会使我们摆脱巨额债务。

The 30-year-old star is trying to free himself from his recording contract.

这位30 岁的明星正试图从他的唱片合约中脱身。

He walked from the court house a free man...

他以自由之身走出了法院。

More than ninety prisoners have been set free so far under a government amnesty.

目前已有 90 多名犯人因为一项政府特赦获得自由。

Israel is set to free more Lebanese prisoners...

以色列准备释放更多的黎巴嫩犯人。

The act had a specific intent, to protect freed slaves from white mobs.

这项法案有明确的目的,即保护被解放的奴隶免受白人暴民的伤害。

真题例句

It frees us from painful memories.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

High-flyers who are forced to work in teams may be undervalued and free-riders empowered.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Some critics say it is a luxury and shouldn't be free to families able to pay.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

They try to stop their economy from going into free-fall.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

The teachers must be free to teach in their own way—the curriculum should be flexible enough so that they can use their individual talents to achieve the goals of the course.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Neither children nor adults could resist the temptation of a free toy.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

In Venezuela, collapsing oil prices have sent its economy into free-fall.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

After swiping(敲击)into the iPad app (应用软件 ), which you can get for free here, he opens up a few different types of textbooks.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

Money is the foundation of many a happy marriage People are being lured (引诱)onto Facebook with the promise of a fun, free service without realizing they're paying for it by giving up toads of personal information

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

She walked to the local grocery store to buy broken biscuits which were much cheaper, and to get a free bone for her much loved dog.

出自-2014年6月听力原文

Worst of all, when her son, Ned, fell and injured his knee, she refused to pay for a doctor and spent hours looking for free medical help

出自-2014年6月听力原文

Well, at 3:30, you're seeing our sales representative there and then you're free till the evening.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

Results of a recent Harry's poll on free time shows that the average-work week for many Americans is 50 hours

出自-2013年12月听力原文

However, having free time to relax and pursue hobbies is important.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

In different countries, free time is spent in different ways

出自-2013年12月听力原文

In a similar survey conducted in Japan, the most popular free time activity was eating out.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

Although people around the world may enjoy doing similar things in their free time, there's evidence to suggest that these interests are changing

出自-2013年12月听力原文

Many more people in the States are spending their free time surfing the Web, e- mafling friends or playing games online.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

The editor is not only offered $5,000 to pay off his newspaper's debts, but this Smith character also offers his services for free

出自-2013年6月听力原文

In free time for children to follow their own interests

出自-2012年12月听力原文

Then he saw a small parking lot with two free spaces.

出自-2012年6月听力原文

He provides oxygen masks to children free of charge.

出自-2010年12月听力原文

"I try to make things as inexpensive as possible," said Hunt, who uses free digital textbooks for his classes but designs his own curriculum.

2018年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

Any social group that encourages free exchange of ideas and pursuit of knowledge is beneficial.

2019年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

Careme would often spend his free afternoons at the nearby National library reading book on art and architecture.

2018年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

Museum's special exhibition area will now be free of charge.

2019年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

The teachers must be free to teach in their own way— the curriculum should be flexible enough so that they can use their individual talents to achieve the goals of the course.

2016年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

They sent me an invitation with a note saying I could take a friend for free on the first day.

2018年6月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section B

We also have a free airport shuttle service.

2017年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section B

When I asked his opinion on this matter, he responded, ui like in-class exams because the time is already reserved, as opposed to using my free time at home to work on a test.

2017年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

While cereal remains a firm favourite among breakfast consumers in the UK and US, a recent investigation into the sugar content of "adult" breakfast cereals found that some cereals contain more than three-quarters of the recommended daily amount of free s

2019年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

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

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

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

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

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.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

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

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

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.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

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.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

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.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

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

出自-2016年6月听力原文

They are free from the greenhouse effects affecting forced riders.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Now we are told Members of Parliament will have a free vote before parliament is dissolved in March.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

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.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

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.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

It is free from racial biases.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

"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.

2018年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

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

2018年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

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.

2018年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

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

2019年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

Free market capitalism hasn't freed us.

2019年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

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

2016年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

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.

2018年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

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,

2016年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

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.

2018年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

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

2018年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

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.

2018年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

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

2019年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

The National Health Service was free and wholly publicly provided.

2018年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

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

2018年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

A cup of coffee costs about three dollars and fifty cents, but the fun is free.

2015年高考英语上海卷 听力 原文

A free schedule of events for each term is available by calling the box office at 556-4183.

2016年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

A local driving school has also offered him six free driving lessons.

2017年高考英语浙江卷(11月) 完形填空 原文

A man was free if he was self-controlled.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

A restaurant in Spain uses a foodie to "re-create forms and pieces" of food that are "exactly the same, " freeing cooks to complete other tasks.

2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

A retired engineer, 76-year-old Wilson has been offering free rides to college students for the past eight years.

2019年高考英语北京卷 完形填空 原文

A Toronto man is offering a free round-the-world air to the right woman.

2017年高考英语全国卷3 完形填空 原文

All bookings made before 12 September will receive free travel insurance for.

2015年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

All right, I'll finish school at five o'clock, and I'm free after that.

2017年高考英语北京卷 听力 原文

And Athenians willingly obeyed the written laws which they themselves passed, and the unwritten, which must be obeyed if free men live together.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

At a time of limited means of expression, snow was like free art supplies dropped from the sky.

2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Athens would continue to be free.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 选项

Before the training was introduced, 66% of set-freed condors died of electrocution.

2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Cards can attend the events for free.

2016年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Club members enjoy free travel insurance for any flight.

2015年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

Determined to be myself, move forward, free of shame and worldly labels, I can now call myself a "marathon winner".

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

During my second year at the city college, I was told that the education department was offering a "free" course, called thinking chess, for three credits.

2018年高考英语全国卷I 完形填空 原文

Even if I weren't excited enough about free credits, news about our instructor was appealing enough to me.

2018年高考英语全国卷I 完形填空 原文

Family/children's programs are free with admission.

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Far from charging consumers high prices, many of these services are free users pay, in effect, by handing over yet more data.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

For most high school students, free periods are useless.

2015年高考英语湖南卷 阅读表达 原文

Grocery stores of the future might stock "food" that lasts years on end, freeing up shelf space and reducing transportation and storage requirements.

2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

He freed it from the trap.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读A 选项

He had a strong desire to free her family from trouble.

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 选项

His words freed me from my bad dreams.

2016年高考英语全国卷3 完形填空 原文

How can a participant get a free meal?

2016年高考英语浙江卷(10月) 阅读理解 阅读B 题设

If men insisted on being free from the burden of self-dependence and responsibility for the common good, they would cease to be free.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

If you leave your arms out, they float free in zero gravity, often giving a sleeping astronaut the look of a funny ballet dancer.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

In addition, their arms that are unnecessary for moving around are freed for other purposes, like throwing stones or signaling.

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 任务型阅读 原文

It would allow much room for free thinking.

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 选项

Milk is also sugar-free and additive-free with nutritionists recommending skimmed milk as the best choice before bed as it is the least fattening.

2016年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Mothers should be freed from housework for social life.

2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

Mr.Stone is free this afternoon after 3:00.

2019年高考英语全国卷2 听力 原文

Once I had a boy who worked experimentally with tinkertoys in his free time.

2016年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Senior citizens and disabled customers can get free guide on how to use proper metrobus and metrorail services by calling 202-962-1100.

2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

The Athenians never thought that a man was free if he could do what he wanted.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

The crowne plaza hotel in copenhagen is offering a free meal to any guest who is able to produce electricity for the hotel on an exercise bike linked to a generator.

2016年高考英语浙江卷(10月) 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

The elderly were free from suffering.

2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读B 选项

The essential belief of the first free government in the world was liberty for all men who could control themselves and would take responsibility for the state.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

The farmer freed him, and he began to run happily around again.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Then it will be free to inspect it.

2015年高考英语北京卷 听力 原文

Then, Larry asked the police if he was needed or free to go.

2016年高考英语全国卷1 完形填空 原文

There might be people who will cycle just to get a free meal, but generally I don't think people will take advantage of our programme, ".

2016年高考英语浙江卷(10月) 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

They no longer provide free services.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

This tour transports you back in time to one of San Francisco's most fantastic periods, the 1950s! Enjoy fun history as we take you through San Francisco for a free taste of ice cream.

2017年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Tina stern received rides from Wilson for all her four years in college, and the trips meant much more to her than just free transportation.

2019年高考英语北京卷 完形填空 原文

Try to work less, or look for a more stress-free job.

2015年高考英语陕西卷 单项选择 情景对话 原文

Up to two children under ago five may travel free with a paying customer.

2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

When some refuse vaccination and seek a free ride, immunity breaks down and everyone is in even bigger danger.

2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

When they were free from work, they invited us to local events and let us know of an interesting competition to watch, together with the story behind it.

2019年高考英语全国卷3 语法填空 原文

He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure.

出自-2014年考研翻译原文

Today, professors routinely treat the progressive interpretation of history and progressive public policy as the proper subject of study while portraying conservative or classical liberal ideas —such as free markets, self-reliance—as falling outside the boundaries of routine, and sometimes legitimate, intellectual investigation.

出自-2014年考研阅读原文

This is not a free market but a biased one.

出自-2016年考研阅读原文

Hire a personal stylist, or use the free styling service of a store like J.

出自-2016年考研阅读原文

Likewise,automation should eventually boost productivity, stimulate demand by driving down prices, and free workers from hard, boring work.

出自-2018年考研阅读原文

It Is against that background that the information commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, has issued her damning verdict against the Royal Free hospital trust under the NHS, which handed over to DeepMind the records of 1.

出自-2018年考研阅读原文

Across 18 trials each, the living rats were 52 percent more likely on average to set the social robot free than the asocial one.

2020年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

But in my experience, using such methods to free up the odd 30 minutes doesn't work.

2016年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Events are free, staffed by thousands of volunteers.

2017年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

hire a personal stylist, or use the free styling of a store like J.Crew.

2016年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

In some ways the scientific publishing model resembles the economy of the social internet: labour is provided free in exchange for the hope of status, while huge profits are made by a few big firms who run the market places.

2020年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

likewise, automation should eventually boost productivity, stimulate demand by driving down prices, and free workers from hard, boring work.

2018年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Other scientists perform the specialised work of peer review also for free, because it is a central element in the acquisition of status and the production of scientific knowledge.

2020年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Publishers have responded to the demand that they make their product free to readers by charging their writers fees to cover the costs of preparing an article.

2020年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

The demands follow comments made last week by the health secretary, Andrew Lansley, who insisted the government could not force people to make healthy choices and promised to free businesses from public health regulations.

2011年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

These days, because leisure time is relatively scarce for most workers, people use their free time to counterbalance the intellectual and emotional demands of their jobs.

2017年考研真题(英语二)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

They gave justices permanent positions so they would be free to upset those in power and have no need to cultivate political support.

2012年考研真题(英语一)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

Today, professors routinely treat the progressive interpretation of history and progressive public policy as the proper subject of study while portraying conservative or classical liberal ideas — such as free markets, self-reliance — as falling outside th

2014年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

with the content of papers secured for free, the publisher needs only find a market for its journal.

2020年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

Noun
  • 1. people who are free;

    "the home of the free and the brave"

Verb
  • 1. grant freedom to; free from confinement

  • 2. relieve from;

    "Rid the the house of pests"

  • 3. remove or force out from a position;

    "The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums"

    "He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble"

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

    "She exempted me from the exam"

  • 5. make (information) available publication;

    "release the list with the names of the prisoners"

  • 6. free from obligations or duties

  • 7. free or remove obstruction from;

    "free a path across the cluttered floor"

  • 8. let off the hook;

    "I absolve you from this responsibility"

  • 9. part with a possession or right;

    "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"

    "resign a claim to the throne"

  • 10. make (assets) available;

    "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"

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

    "free enterprise"

    "a free port"

    "a free country"

    "I have an hour free"

    "free will"

    "free of racism"

    "feel free to stay as long as you wish"

    "a free choice"

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

    "free expansion"

    "free oxygen"

    "a free electron"

  • 3. costing nothing;

    "complimentary tickets"

  • 4. not occupied or in use;

    "a free locker"

    "a free lane"

  • 5. not fixed in position;

    "the detached shutter fell on him"

    "he pulled his arm free and ran"

  • 6. not held in servitude;

    "after the Civil War he was a free man"

  • 7. not taken up by scheduled activities;

    "a free hour between classes"

    "spare time on my hands"

  • 8. not literal;

    "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"

    "a free translation of the poem"

Adverb
  • 1. without restraint;

    "cows in India are running loose"

同义词辨析

free, liberate, release, discharge

这些动词均含"解放,释放"之意。

  • free: 指不再受任何限制、约束、阻碍和压迫,完全可按自己的意志行事。
  • liberate: 常指从束缚和压迫中解放出来,强调获得最终的解放,有时可和free换用。
  • release: 侧重指放松限制、解除监禁或免除义务。
  • discharge: 强调把某人或某物从监禁、束缚中释放出来。

同义词

adj.自由的;不受约束的

independentatunrestrainedlibertyopen

反义词

adj.空闲的

busy

vt.使自由

restrainrestrict

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