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free1 /friː/ ●●● S1 W1 adjectiveadj
1  FREE/COST NOTHINGno cost 不花錢的 something that is free does not cost you any money 免費的
Admission is free for children under 9.
九歲以下兒童免費入場。
All students are offered free accommodation.
所有學生都免費住宿。
Send for our free information pack for more details.
欲知詳情，請來函索取我們的免費信息包。
There’s a special free gift with this month’s magazine.
本月雜志附贈特别禮物。
2  FREE/COST NOTHINGnot a prisoner 不是囚犯 not held, tied up, or kept somewhere as a prisoner 自由的
He knew he could be free in as little as three years.
他知道只要再過三年他就能自由了。
With one leap he was free!
這一跳他就自由了！
He walked out of the courtroom a free man.
他從法庭走出來，成了自由人。
They have called on the government to set all political prisoners free.
他們呼籲政府釋放所有政治犯。
He was found not guilty and walked free from the court.
他被判無罪，當庭釋放。
The animals are allowed to run free in the park.
那些動物可以在公園裏自由奔跑。
Hundreds of dogs roam free on the streets.
成百上千條狗在街上随意遊蕩。
break/pull/struggle free
She broke free from her attacker.
她掙脫了襲擊她的人。
3  FREE TO DO WHAT YOU WANTnot controlled 未控制的 allowed to do or say whatever you want, or allowed to happen, without being controlled or restricted by anyone or anything 能随心所欲的，不受限制的
We had a free and open discussion about religion.
我們就宗教問題進行了一場自由、公開的討論。
free to do something
Remember, you are free to say no.
記住，你是可以說不的。
free from
Newspapers today are entirely free from government control.
如今的報紙完全不受政府控制。
Women are struggling to break free from tradition.
婦女在努力掙脫傳統的束縛。
free of
I longed to be free of my family.
我渴望從家庭中解脫出來。
He became president following the country’s first free elections last year.
去年該國首次舉行自由選舉之後，他當上了總統。
We would all support the principle of free speech.
我們全都支持言論自由的原則。
For the first time in its history, the country has a free press.
該國有史以來第一次有了新聞自由。
Patients are now allowed free access to their medical records.
病人現在可以随意查閱自己的病歷。
The legislation will allow the free movement of goods through all the countries in Europe.
這項立法將允許貨物在所有歐洲國家間自由流通。
4  AVAILABLEnot busy 不忙的 if you are free, or have some free time, you have no work, and nothing else that you must do 空閒的，有空的 → available
I’m free next weekend.
下個周末我有空。
free for
Are you free for lunch tomorrow?
你明天有空吃午飯嗎？
free to do something
At last I was free to concentrate on my own research.
我終於有空集中精力進行自己的研究了。
a free day/morning/half-hour etc
I haven’t got a free day this week.
這個禮拜我一天空閒都沒有。
Children these days have very little free time.
現在的孩子很少有空閒時間。
5  AVAILABLEnot being used 不在使用的 something that is free is available to use because it is not already being used 不在使用的，空着的
Is this seat free?
這個座位空着嗎？
I’m afraid we don’t have any free tables this evening.
恐怕今天晚上我們這裏沒有空桌了。
He used his free hand to open the door.
他用空着的手去開門。
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6  NOT HAVEnot suffering 未受苦的 not suffering from something 不受…之苦的
free of
At last she was free of pain.
她的疼痛終於消失了。
free from
A lot of the patients are now free from symptoms.
許多患者現在症狀都消失了。
pain-free/trouble-free etc
a stress-free life
沒有壓力的生活
7  not containing STH 不含…的，沒有…的 not containing something 不包含某物的
free from/of
All our drinks are free from artificial colourings.
我們的飲料都不含人工色素。
fat-free/dairy-free etc
a fat-free yoghurt
脫脂酸奶
8  tax 稅 if something is free of tax, you do not have to pay tax on it 免〔稅〕的
free of
This income should be free of tax.
這項收入應當是免稅的。
tax-free/duty-free etc
tax-free earnings
免稅的收入
an opportunity to buy duty-free goods
購買免稅商品的機會
9  feel free spokenLET/ALLOW used to tell someone that they can do something 随便，随意
Feel free to ask questions.
請随便提問吧。
‘Can I use your bathroom?’ ‘Yes, feel free.’
“我可以用一下你的衛生間嗎？”“可以，請随便。”
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feel free• But she tells me she still does not feel free.• How did you say you felt free for the first time in your life?• I felt free in a new way.• So how is it they feel free to ask those parallel questions of other people?• If not, feel free to discard them and draw your own.• If you should wish to look inside the packet, before sending it, feel free to do so.• So he felt free to go for broke.• Help him or her feel free to talk.
10  free and easy RELAXEDrelaxed, friendly, and without many rules 無拘束的，随便的；不拘禮節的
I knew that life wasn’t going to be so free and easy now.
我知道現在生活不再那樣自由自在了。
the free and easy atmosphere of university life
大學生活無拘無束的氣氛
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free and easy• The time they shared became special now, where before they had been free and easy.• Cousin Noreen was arriving on Sunday and life wasn't going to be so free and easy after that.• Their relationship is not free and easy but at least Red is no longer looking daggers at her.• Robyn remembered his free and easy hand as he had poured her wine.• a free and easy lifestyle• A free and easy smile, but lop-sided because her face was still puffy from Garty's beating.• In this free and easy style, I accustomed myself to the rhythms of school life.• Gone was the free and easy time of three meals a day and as many hot drinks as we liked.• It was as if they were indeed from another world: a happy world, a free and easy world.
11. free spirit INDEPENDENT PERSONsomeone who lives as they want to rather than in the way that society considers normal 我行我素的人
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free spirit• He could not remember having ever been in the company of such an exuberantly free spirit.• It was a celebration of freedom, free spirits and free enterprise.• October 20 A free spirit, captured in his own words Jeanson par Jeanson by Rene• One of your original free spirits, I guess.• There is no point booking a package holiday - this contains the essentially free spirit of the tack traveller.• Margaret radiated such radical free spirit, such electricity, that I fell directly in love.• These free spirits were on average ten to fifteen years my senior and old hands in high finance.
12  give somebody a free hand/rein LET/ALLOWto let someone do whatever they want or need to do in a particular situation 讓某人有自主權
The producer was given a free rein with the script.
制片人可自由處理劇本。
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give somebody a free hand/rein• I would discuss the script, say, on proportional representation, and then give him free rein.• Then I pretty much give them free rein.• While watching him at work she impulsively asked to borrow his materials and followed his advice to give her imagination free rein.• No advanced industrial nation gives corporations a freer hand in busting unions.• No, it was thanks to my culinary abilities that Marie-Claude gave me free rein of both her kitchen and her bedchamber.• It turns them on and gives them a free hand to be as obnoxious as they want.• He's given me a free hand to buy horses.• Both these factors gave him a freer hand to negotiate.• They've given me a free hand with the budget, as long as I stay under $10,000.
13. there’s no free lunch  (also there’s no such thing as a free lunch) used to say that you should not expect to get something good without having to pay for it or make any effort 天下沒有免費的午餐
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there’s no free lunch• As a country, we must face the fact that there is no free lunch for Social Security recipients.
14  it’s a free country British EnglishBrE used, usually humorously, to say that you are or should be allowed to do something, after someone has said that you should not do it 這是個自由的國家〔一般作幽默用法〕
It’s a free country. You can’t stop me.
這是個自由的國家，你阻止不了我的。
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it’s a free country• "You can't say things like that!" "I can say whatever I want - it's a free country."
15  get/take a free ride informalFREE/COST NOTHING to get something without paying for it or working for it, because other people are paying or working for it 白白撈到好處
They are encouraging all workers to join the union rather than just taking a free ride on those who do join.
他們鼓勵所有工人加入工會，而不是坐享其成。
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get/take a free ride• Suppose we get a free ride into the land of happiness?• The company got a free ride on just about everything.
16  be free with something GENEROUSto be very generous with something 慷慨使用某物；随意給予某物
He seems to be very free with other people’s money.
他用起别人的錢來似乎很大方。
She is always free with her advice.
她總是慷慨提出建議。
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be free with something• Ken's a little too free with his money.• She's always very free with praise for her employees.• A jammed hinge or latch can be freed with a penetrating oil such as Plus Gas.• All the pumps were frozen and had to be freed with burning straw.
17  make free with something informalUSE something to use something that belongs to someone else when you should not 擅自使用某物
I knew that they had been making free with our food.
我知道他們一直随便拿我們的食物吃。
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make free with something• He declined to make free with her narrow loins.• Or company directors who like to make free with their own ca-ca?
18  GRACEFULnot restricted 不受限制的 something that is free is not held, blocked, or restricted 無阻礙的；不受限制的
We opened both doors to allow a free flow of air through the building.
我們把兩扇門都打開，讓空氣在室内自由流通。
19  chemicals 化學物 technicalHCE a free chemical substance is not combined with any other substance 遊離的，自由的，單體的
the amount of free oxygen in the atmosphere
大氣中遊離氧的含量
 THESAURUS
free something that is free does not cost you any money 免費的
Parking is free after 6 pm.
下午6點之後停車免費。
n‘How much is it to get into the concert?’ ‘Oh, I think it’s free.’
They were giving away free tickets for the concert.
他們在發放免費的音樂會門票。
nI’m saving these tokens to get a free poster.
for nothing/for free without having to pay for something that you would normally have to pay for 〔尤指一般需付費時〕免費
He offered to fix the car for nothing.
他主動提出免費修車。
nFans were allowed into the stadium for nothing as a way of celebrating.
Children under five can see the show for free.
五歲以下兒童免費觀看表演。
at no extra cost if a shop or company provides an additional service at no extra cost, they do it without asking you for any more money 不額外收費
The shop will install the cooker for you at no extra cost.
商店會來安裝爐具，不額外收費。
nTours of the city are available from the hotel at no extra cost.
complimentary [only before noun] free – use this about things that a company, theatre, hotel etc gives people 〔公司、劇院、酒店等〕饋贈的，免費供應的
nKaren’s sister works at the New York Ballet and she’s managed to get us some complimentary tickets.
Honeymooners receive a complimentary bottle of champagne in their hotel room.
蜜月夫婦可在酒店客房獲贈一瓶香槟。
be on the house if food or drinks are on the house, the owner of a bar or restaurant says you do not have to pay for them 由〔酒吧或餐廳〕付費,免費招待
These drinks are on the house.
這些酒水免單。
ngratis especially written without having to pay for something
Users will be able to listen to tracks (=songs)gratis.
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free• "How much is it to get into the concert?" "Oh, I think it's free."• Excuse me, is this seat free?• Is this chair free?• Maybe Bobby and I could have lunch again if he was free.• The room was warmer, quieter and draught free.• The clinic offers free advice on contraception.• Parking is free after 6 pm.• He was free again, after 10 long years in jail.• I had just left home, and was enjoying the feeling of being free and independent at last.• A free bus service will be provided from the parking lot at the train station.• Bulgaria's first free elections were held in 1990.• Send for free Endangered Desserts of the World poster!• a free exchange of information• Floyd investigated it soon after free fall had begun.• A member is entitled to a judgment that is free from any extraneous or ulterior motive.• I'll be free in about five minutes. Can you wait?• Are you free next weekend?• But they would've given up their vocation just to be free of you.• I'm free on Wednesday evening, if you want to go out to dinner then.• free oxygen• I'm saving these tokens to get a free poster.• Activists were calling for a free press and political reforms.• Many of you know that free range chickens are a very important part of Crediton.• Sometimes you realize how lucky you are to live in a free society.• In the class-action lawsuit unveiled Tuesday, doctors said such punishment would be a violation of their free speech rights.• All Americans have the right of free speech.• During "Golden Time", the pupils are free to choose the activity they would like to do.• Are you free to talk for a couple of minutes?
free gift• Buy three skincare products and you can choose your super free gift.• We came back from the tour round the factory loaded down with free gifts.• Hassall Homes, of Wakefield, Yorkshire, is even offering the normal five percent deposit as a free gift.• Polished performer Making the most of your free gift.• The Karimojong happily accepted these unexpected free gifts but have not been too enthusiastic about development projects introduced after the famine.• Your Free Gift From Cachet. A perfume atomiser with every 50ml Eau de Toilette purchase.• They want photo stories, tales of holiday romances, horoscopes and advice columns as well as free gifts of make-up and jewellery.• And our free gift this month is a recipe leaflet showing you how to create delicious calorie-reduced meals.• Most banks offer students a free gift when they open a new account.• Last year Golf Monthly gave one of these pitch repairers as a free gift which I still use regularly.• There's also a free gift wrapping service on any purchase over £10.
a free man• Ahab feels then that he must destroy these evil forces in order to survive as a free man.• Conde is now a free man.• It was argued that only property-owners had the economic independence necessary to be a free man.• Simpson, while his money and some future earnings will go to the plaintiffs, will live as a free man.• So last year, the court threw out the conviction and made Lanier a free man.• Surrounded by enslaved automatons, he was a free man.
free to do something• We are not free to deface and destroy the natural world.• The rest of the day is free to do a second job, un-taxed.• She was free to do anything in the world.• There literally is everything under the sun, and you're free to do as much or as little as you want.• In the New World preachers felt free to encroach and poach in search of souls.• He would be free to pursue his own work, but must make himself available to students of composition.• By the age of twenty-four she was free to seek work outside the home, finding temporary positions as amanuensis and governess.• Members are free to work on their own chosen subject if they desire.
free to do something• We are not free to deface and destroy the natural world.• The rest of the day is free to do a second job, un-taxed.• She was free to do anything in the world.• There literally is everything under the sun, and you're free to do as much or as little as you want.• In the New World preachers felt free to encroach and poach in search of souls.• He would be free to pursue his own work, but must make himself available to students of composition.• By the age of twenty-four she was free to seek work outside the home, finding temporary positions as amanuensis and governess.• Members are free to work on their own chosen subject if they desire.
free hand• He loosened his tie with his free hand.• Knowing your legal rights in advance means you can negotiate with a free hand.• Lucia started backing up her books with a free hand.• The man grabbed the inside handle with his free hand and began to shake the windows.• With his free hand he was softly pushing back her hair, sending goosebumps scattering from Shiona's head to her toes.• They relied on Deaver to do this and gave him a remarkably free hand in arranging the details of their lives.• It turns them on and gives them a free hand to be as obnoxious as they want.• FitzAlan moved a pace to meet them, his free hand unfastening his cloak.
free from/of• Builders had put the ramp in free of charge, but the council said it was too steep.• The video will be sent to you free of charge - just return it when you are finished.• Family meals, a compulsory ritual, were not entirely free of hazard.• They also would be freed from most government restraints on what and how much they plant.• Certainly, the free market is not free of problems.• Lifeguards at that time reported that the whale appeared lethargic and did not attempt to swim away once freed from the kelp.• Through their bodies, they became free of them.• The exception are aristocrats, who are served by a sufficient number of other people to be freed of this daily burden.
free2 ●●● W3 verb (freed, freeing) [transitiveT]
1  FREE/NOT IN PRISONrelease 釋放 to allow someone to leave prison or somewhere they have been kept as a prisoner 釋放，使自由 SYN release
He expects to be freed quite soon.
他預計很快就能獲釋。
The terrorists have at last agreed to free the hostages.
恐怖分子終於同意釋放人質。
free somebody from something
She was freed from prison last week.
她上周獲釋出獄。
2  not control 不控制 to allow someone to say and do what they want, after controlling or restricting them in the past 解放，使擺脫
free somebody from/of something
The press has now been freed from political control.
新聞界現在已經擺脫了政治的控制。
She longed to be freed of her responsibilities.
她渴望能卸下肩上的責任。
Art frees the imagination.
藝術可以釋放想象力。
3  LOOSEallow SB/STH to move 允許某人/某物移動 to move someone or something so that they are no longer held, fixed, or trapped 解救，使解脫出來；解開 SYN release
He struggled to free himself, but the ropes were too tight.
他掙紮着想脫身，但是繩子太緊了。
I couldn’t free the safety catch.
我拉不開保險栓。
free somebody/something from something
All the victims have now been freed from the wreckage.
已從殘骸中救出所有受害者。
4  HELPstop SB suffering 使某人不再經受痛苦 to stop someone suffering from something by removing it 解除，去除
free somebody from something
new drugs that can free people from pain
新的止痛藥
At last the country has been freed from its enormous debts.
該國最後被免除了巨額債務。
5  make available 使可用 (also free something ↔ up)AVAILABLE to make something available so that it can be used 騰出；使…可用
I need to free up some of the disk space on my computer.
我需要在我電腦上釋放出一些磁盤空間。
This should free some money for investment.
這樣應該能騰出一些錢來用於投資。
6  give SB more time 給某人更多時間 (also free somebody ↔ up) to give someone time to do something by taking away other jobs that they have to do 使能騰出時間
free somebody (up) to do something
Taking away the burden of administration will free teachers to concentrate on teaching.
解除教師的行政負擔可以讓他們有時間集中精力來教學。
We have freed up some staff to deal with the backlog of work.
我們已騰出一些員工來處理積壓的工作。
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free• Many of these young offenders should have been freed a long time ago.• His supporters are demanding that he be freed from prison.• A strange light frightens her, and she screams to be freed from the room, falling unconscious when escape is denied.• Susan managed to free her right hand from her attacker with a violent twisting movement.• Kirk battled for eight hours to free himself from the wreckage.• He joined the resistance movement in order to free his country from the enemy.• The dolphins will be freed into the ocean once their injuries have healed.• The horse's eyes were filled with terror as it struggled to free itself from the deep, sucking mud.• Try freeing some memory by shutting down a few applications.• We're going to need some rope to help free the girl.• The kidnappers freed the last two hostages unharmed.• The allies arrived in Brussels on September 3rd and Antwerp was freed the next day.• She and her fellow students were told that their mission was to free the peasants from feudalism.• After being freed Tuesday, the whale swam toward the ocean.• Working from home will free up more time to spend with your family.
free somebody from something• Treatment has freed Jenna from her drug addiction, allowing her to live a productive life.
free somebody (up) to do something• It may be possible as a result of the pre-test to change certain questions from free response to a more structured format.• Funerals were free and open to all.• A free bus service to and from the venue is available from Belfast.• Refereee Kevin Breen ordered a Chester free kick to be retaken after 35 minutes when Coughlin failed to retreat 10 yards.• Money is available for new players and he has a free hand to change the backroom staff.• It meant the pound was set free to float to find its own value in world markets.• Moreover, the child is left free to listen to these songs when he likes.• Teachers are encouraged to make a free pre-visit to prepare for their visit.
free3 ●●● S3 adverbadv
1  FREE/COST NOTHINGwithout payment 免費地
Children under four can travel free.
四歲以下兒童免費乘坐。
You can get advice free from your local library.
你可向當地圖書館免費咨詢。
for free
He offered to do the work for free.
他主動提出無償做這項工作。
All these services are available to the public free of charge.
所有這些服務均向公衆免費提供。
2  LOOSEnot fixed or held in a particular place or position 不固定地；鬆脫地
The ropes were now hanging free.
繩索現在鬆垂着。
A gold chain swung free around his neck.
一條金項鏈在他脖子上鬆鬆地晃蕩着。
→ freely, scot-free
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free• Why was this guy walking around free?• They will provide credit reports free to consumers once a year.
for free• Gary told me he could do the ad for free.
free4 noun [countableC] British EnglishBrE informal
a free transfer; the process by which a player moves from one football club to another, but the new club does not pay any money for him 自由轉會
We got Kevin on a free from Manchester United.
凱文是從曼聯隊自由轉會到我們這裏的。
-free /friː/ suffix [in adjectives and adverbs]
NOT HAVEwithout something that you do not want 無…的
a trouble-free journey
無憂無慮的旅行
duty-free cigarettes
免稅香煙
a salt-free diet
無鹽飲食
They live in the house rent-free.
他們住這房子是免租金的。
Examples from the Corpus
-free• a smoke-free restaurant• a trouble-free trip
From Longman Business Dictionary
-free-free /friː/ suffix
without something, often something that you do not want
Earnings will be tax-free if the money remains on deposit for seven years.
Heathrow Airport gets more money from duty-free sales than from landing fees.
The casino will generate $10 million a year in risk-free income for the consortium.
freefree1 /friː/ adjectiveadj
1costing nothing
First-class passengers will have four films to choose from, all of them free.
Like pizza, Chinese food is more expensive than hamburgers and can bear the cost of free delivery.
In order to attract new members, the gym decided to offer a week’s free trial.
2no free lunch/no such thing as a free lunch used to say that something may seem to be free, but that in fact somebody must pay for it
The economic principle of ‘no free lunch’ applies — people get the services they pay for.
There’s no such thing as a free lunch. If you receive ‘free’ shares, you’re bound to pay for them in other ways.
3free of/from something without something, usually something that you do not want
The economy remains slow but relatively free of inflation.
The interest on savings bonds is free from state and local tax.
Personal Equity Plans, which have a £6,000 investment limit each financial year, arefree of income tax and capital gains tax.
4not restricted, limited, or controlled
Privatization is important, but the main condition for a market economy is free prices.
free to
The company is free to impose whatever work rules and pay it chooses.
freefree2 verb [transitiveT]
1to remove laws, rules etc
free from
More prices, including that of milk, will be freed from state control.
2 (also free up)COMMERCE to make something available so that it can be used
Ford said the sale of its heavy truck unit will free resources to concentrate on its light and medium truck business.
The government have freed up several million dollars of federal money that was reserved for development but never spent.
freefree3 adverbadv
without payment
Senior citizens can travel free at off-peak times.
This service is available to the public free of charge.
The downloads are available for free from their website.

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