英汉词典

free 基本解释

• adj. 免费的；自由的，不受约束的；[化学] 游离的
• vt. 使自由，解放；释放
• adv. 自由地；免费
• n. (Free)人名；(英)弗里

free 词态变化

free 中文词源

来自PIE*pri, 爱，友爱，词源同friend, Frigga. 词义由爱引申为亲人，朋友，和平，自由，免费。类似词义演变比较kind.

free 英文词源

free

free: [OE] The prehistoric ancestor of free was a term of affection uniting the members of a family in a common bond, and implicitly excluding their servants or slaves – those who were not ‘free’. It comes ultimately from Indo- European *prijos, whose signification ‘dear, beloved’ is revealed in such collateral descendants as Sanskrit priyás ‘dear’, Russian prijatel’ ‘friend’, and indeed English friend.

Its Germanic offspring, *frijaz, displays the shift from ‘affection’ to ‘liberty’, as shown in German frei, Dutch vrij, Swedish and Danish fri, and English free. Welsh rhydd ‘free’ comes from the same Indo-European source.
=> friday, friend

free (adj.)

Old English freo "free, exempt from, not in bondage, acting of one's own will," also "noble; joyful," from Proto-Germanic *frija- "beloved; not in bondage" (cognates: Old Frisian fri, Old Saxon vri, Old High German vri, German frei, Dutch vrij, Gothic freis "free"), from PIE *priy-a- "dear, beloved," from root *pri- "to love" (cognates: Sanskrit priyah "own, dear, beloved," priyate "loves;" Old Church Slavonic prijati "to help," prijatelji "friend;" Welsh rhydd "free").

The primary Germanic sense seems to have been "beloved, friend, to love;" which in some languages (notably Germanic and Celtic) developed also a sense of "free," perhaps from the terms "beloved" or "friend" being applied to the free members of one's clan (as opposed to slaves; compare Latin liberi, meaning both "free persons" and "children of a family"). For the older sense in Germanic, compare Gothic frijon "to love;" Old English freod "affection, friendship, peace," friga "love," friðu "peace;" Old Norse friðr "peace, personal security; love, friendship," German Friede "peace;" Old English freo "wife;" Old Norse Frigg "wife of Odin," literally "beloved" or "loving;" Middle Low German vrien "to take to wife," Dutch vrijen, German freien "to woo."

Meaning "clear of obstruction" is from mid-13c.; sense of "unrestrained in movement" is from c. 1300; of animals, "loose, at liberty, wild," late 14c. Meaning "liberal, not parsimonious" is from c. 1300. Sense of "characterized by liberty of action or expression" is from 1630s; of art, etc., "not holding strictly to rule or form," from 1813. Of nations, "not subject to foreign rule or to despotism," recorded in English from late 14c. (Free world "non-communist nations" attested from 1950 on notion of "based on principles of civil liberty.") Sense of "given without cost" is 1580s, from notion of "free of cost."

Free lunch, originally offered in bars to draw in customers, by 1850, American English. Free pass on railways, etc., attested by 1850. Free speech in Britain was used of a privilege in Parliament since the time of Henry VIII. In U.S., in reference to a civil right to expression, it became a prominent phrase in the debates over the Gag Rule (1836). Free enterprise recorded from 1832; free trade is from 1823; free market from 1630s. Free will is from early 13c. Free school is from late 15c. Free association in psychology is from 1899. Free love "sexual liberation" attested from 1822 (the doctrine itself is much older), American English. Free and easy "unrestrained" is from 1690s.

free (v.)

Old English freogan "to free, liberate, manumit," also "to love, think of lovingly, honor;" also "to rid (of something)," from freo "not in bondage" (see free (adj.)). The forking sense in the Germanic adjective is reflected in the verbs that grew from it in the daughter languages. Compare Old Frisian fria "to make free;" Old Saxon friohan "to court, woo;" German befreien "to free," freien "to woo;" Old Norse frja "to love;" Gothic frijon "to love." Related: Freed; freeing.

free 词组搭配

free 英文释义

1. people who are free;

"the home of the free and the brave"

free 同义词解析

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。

free 双语例句

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

我并没有指望你白干。

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2. You get a big salary incentive and free board and lodging too.

你们能获得大笔激励性薪水，还可享受免费膳宿。

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3. The shark was writhing around wildly, trying to get free.

鲨鱼拼命挣扎，试图逃脱。

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4. What I did for you was free, gratis, you understand?

我为你所做的一切都是免费的，无偿的，你明白吗？

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5. They broke free and made off in a stolen car.

他们挣脱后开着一辆偷来的车逃之夭夭。

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free 实用场景例句

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？

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

我并没有指望你白干。

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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。

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Go right ahead. Feel free...

开始吧。请便。

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

他抽出胳膊，大步朝门走去。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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

他们并不是一直都如此好为人师。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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

列车上只剩下一个空座。

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

远远摆脱恐惧的未来

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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。

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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。

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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。

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She spent her free time shopping...

她空闲的时候就去购物。

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

过去我经常在课余时间写作。

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The seminars are free, with lunch provided.

研讨会不收会务费，而且还提供午餐。

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

内有礼券详情的免费宣传册

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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。

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The elections were free and fair...

选举是自由公正的。

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

它会使我们摆脱巨额债务。

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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。

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

他以自由之身走出了法院。

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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。

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Israel is set to free more Lebanese prisoners...

以色列准备释放更多的黎巴嫩犯人。

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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。

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