free /friː/ CET4 TEM4 ( freeing, freed, freer, frees, freest )

• 1. 

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

  例：

  The seminars are free, with lunch provided.

  研讨会是免费的，还提供午餐。

• 2. 

  free of charge →see charge

• 3. 

  ADJ Someone or something that is free is not restricted, controlled, or limited, for example, by rules, customs, or other people. 自由的; 不受限制的

  例：

  The government will be free to pursue its economic policies.

  政府将自由实行其经济政策。

  例：

  The elections were free and fair.

  选举是自由公正的。

• 4. 

  freely ADV 自由地 [ADV with v]

  例：

  They cast their votes freely and without coercion on election day.

  他们在选举日自由地投票，不受强迫。

• 5. 

  ADJ Someone who is free is no longer a prisoner or a slave. 自由的

  例：

  He walked from the court house a free man.

  他走出法庭，重获自由。

• 6. 

  ADJ 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. 没有…的 [v-link ADJ 'of/from' n]

  例：

  ...a future far more free of fear.

  …远无恐惧的未来。

  例：

  She retains her slim figure and is free of wrinkles.

  她保持着苗条的身材，而且没有皱纹。

• 7. 

  ADJ 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. 免去…的 [v-link ADJ 'of' n]

  例：

  This benefit is free of tax under current legislation.

  按照现行法律此项收益是免税的。

• 8. 

  → see also duty-free, interest-free, tax-free

• 9. 

  ADJ If you have a free period of time or are free at a particular time, you are not working or occupied then. 空闲的

  例：

  She spent her free time shopping.

  她将空闲时间花在购物上。

  例：

  I used to write during my free periods at school.

  我过去上学时常在空闲时间写作。

• 10. 

  ADJ 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. (桌子或座位) 空着的

  例：

  There was only one seat free on the train.

  火车上只有一个空座。

• 11. 

  ADJ If you get something free or if it gets free, it is no longer trapped by anything or attached to anything. 不受束缚的

  例：

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

  他抽出他的胳膊摆脱束缚，大步朝门走去。

• 12. 

  ADJ 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. 空闲的 (手或胳膊) [ADJ n]

  例：

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

  他一把抓起听筒，空着的手则摸索着找床头灯的开关。

• 13. 

  V-T If you free someone of something that is unpleasant or restricting, you remove it from them. 使免除

  例：

  It will free us of a whole lot of debt.

  这将免除我们一大笔债务。

• 14. 

  V-T To free a prisoner or a slave means to let them go or release them from prison. 释放

  例：

  Israel is set to free more Lebanese prisoners.

  以色列准备释放更多黎巴嫩犯人。

• 15. 

  V-T To free someone or something means to make them available for a task or function that they were previously not available for. 解放

  例：

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

  工具带解放了双手，并减少了锤子掉落的危险。

  例：

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

  他同迪斯尼的协议不久就将结束，这可以使他腾出手来从事自己的项目。

• 16. 

  PHRASAL VERB Free up means the same as . 使解放

  例：

  It can handle even the most complex graphic jobs, freeing up your computer for other tasks.

  它甚至能处理最复杂的绘图事宜，使你的计算机腾出来完成其他任务。

• 17. 

  V-T If you free someone or something, you remove them from the place in which they have been trapped or become fixed. 解救

  例：

  Rescue workers tried to free him by cutting away part of the car.

  救援人员设法通过切除部分车体将他解救出来。

• 18. 

  PHRASE You say "feel free" when you want to give someone permission to do something, in a very willing way. 随意 [非正式]

  例：

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

  如果你有什么问题，请随意问我好了。

• 19. 

  PHRASE If you do something or get something for free, you do it without being paid or get it without having to pay for it. 无偿地; 免费地 [非正式]

  例：

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

  我并没指望你无偿地做这个。

• 20. 

  to give someone a free hand →see hand

• 21. 

  to give someone free rein →see rein