新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

free

英 [friː]

[ADJ, VERB]

词汇频率：

ADJ. 形容词

freer , freest
1. 免费的
If something is free, you can have it or use it without paying for it.
双语例句
例：
The seminars are free, with lunch provided.
研讨会可免费参加，并提供午餐。
2. 自由的 , 不受限制的
Someone or something that is free is not restricted, controlled, or limited, for example, by rules, customs, or other people.
双语例句
例：
The government will be free to pursue its economic policies.
政府将不受限制地实行其经济政策。
例：
The elections were free and fair.
选举是自由公正的。
3. 自由的
Someone who is free is no longer a prisoner or a slave.
双语例句
例：
He walked from the court house a free man.
他走出法庭，重获自由。
4. 没有…的
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.
双语例句
例：
a future far more free of fear.
更加没有恐惧的未来。
例：
She retains her slim figure and is free of wrinkles.
她保持着苗条的身材，而且脸上也没有皱纹。
5. 免去…的
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.
双语例句
例：
This benefit is free of tax under current legislation.
按照现行法律此项收益是免税的。
6. 空闲的
If you have a free period of time or are free at a particular time, you are not working or occupied then.
双语例句
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。
7. （桌子或座位）空着的
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.
双语例句
例：
There was only one seat free on the train.
火车上只有一个空座。
8. 不受束缚的
If you get something free or if it gets free, it is no longer trapped by anything or attached to anything.
双语例句
例：
He pulled his arm free, and strode for the door.
他抽出胳膊摆脱束缚，大步朝门走去。
9. 空闲的（手或胳膊）
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.
双语例句
例：
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。

PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词

free up
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 使解放（同）free）
Free up means the same as free.
双语例句
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作业，使你的计算机可以空闲出来完成其他任务。
2. [PHRASAL 短语] 开放（市场、经济或体制）
To free up a market, economy, or system means to make it operate with fewer restrictions and controls.
双语例句
例：
policies for freeing up markets and extending competition.
开放市场和扩大竞争的政策。

PHRASE. 习语

feel free
1. 随意
You say 'feel free' when you want to give someone permission to do something, in a very willing way.
双语例句
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。
for free
1. 无偿地 , 免费地
If you do something or get something for free, you do it without being paid or get it without having to pay for it.
双语例句
例：
I wasn't expecting you to do it for free.
我并没有指望你无偿地做这件事。

VERB. 动词

frees , freeing , freed
1. [T 及物动词] 使免除
If you free someone of something that is unpleasant or restricting, you remove it from them.
双语例句
例：
It will free us of a whole lot of debt.
这将免除我们一大笔债务。
2. [T 及物动词] 释放
To free a prisoner or a slave means to let them go or release them from prison.
双语例句
例：
Israel is set to free more Lebanese prisoners.
以色列准备释放更多黎巴嫩犯人。
3. [T 及物动词] 解放
To free someone or something means to make them available for a task or function that they were previously not available for.
双语例句
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。
4. [T 及物动词] 解救
If you free someone or something, you remove them from the place in which they have been trapped or become fixed.
双语例句
例：
Rescue workers tried to free him by cutting away part of the car.
救援人员设法通过切割部分车体将他解救出来。