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Word family  noun freebie freedom freenessfreerfree agentfreebasefreeboardfreebooterfreebooteryfreebootyfree collective bargainingfreedmanfreedom fighterfree enterprisefree fallFreefonefree-for-allfreeholdfreeholderfree housefree kickfreelancefreeloaderfreeloadingfree lovefreemanfree marketfreemasonfreemasonryfree pardonfree portFreepostfree radicalfreeridefreesheetfreestonefreestylerfreethinkerfreethinkingfree tradefree versefree votefreewarefreewayfreewheelfreewheelingfree willadjective free freebootingfreebornfree-floatingfreehandfreemasonicfree-rangefreestylefree-to-airverb free freeloadadverb free freely
free1 /friː/ ●●● S1 W1 adjectiveadj  
1  FREE/COST NOTHINGno cost 不花钱的 something that is free does not cost you any money 免费的
 Admission is free for children under 9.
九岁以下儿童免费入场。
 All students are offered free accommodation.
所有学生都免费住宿。
 Send for our free information pack for more details.
欲知详情，请来函索取我们的免费信息包。
 There’s a special free gift with this month’s magazine.
本月杂志附赠特别礼物。
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.
他知道只要再过三年他就能自由了。
 With one leap he was free!
这一跳他就自由了！
 He walked out of the courtroom a free man.
他从法庭走出来，成了自由人。
 They have called on the government to set all political prisoners free.
他们呼吁政府释放所有政治犯。
 He was found not guilty and walked free from the court.
他被判无罪，当庭释放。
 The animals are allowed to run free in the park.
那些动物可以在公园里自由奔跑。
 Hundreds of dogs roam free on the streets.
成百上千条狗在街上随意游荡。
break/pull/struggle free
 She broke free from her attacker.
她挣脱了袭击她的人。
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.
我们就宗教问题进行了一场自由、公开的讨论。
free to do something
 Remember, you are free to say no.
记住，你是可以说不的。
free from
 Newspapers today are entirely free from government control.
如今的报纸完全不受政府控制。
 Women are struggling to break free from tradition.
妇女在努力挣脱传统的束缚。
free of
 I longed to be free of my family.
我渴望从家庭中解脱出来。
 He became president following the country’s first free elections last year.
去年该国首次举行自由选举之后，他当上了总统。
 We would all support the principle of free speech.
我们全都支持言论自由的原则。
 For the first time in its history, the country has a free press.
该国有史以来第一次有了新闻自由。
 Patients are now allowed free access to their medical records.
病人现在可以随意查阅自己的病历。
 The legislation will allow the free movement of goods through all the countries in Europe.
这项立法将允许货物在所有欧洲国家间自由流通。
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 空闲的，有空的 → available
 I’m free next weekend.
下个周末我有空。
free for
 Are you free for lunch tomorrow?
你明天有空吃午饭吗？
free to do something
 At last I was free to concentrate on my own research.
我终于有空集中精力进行自己的研究了。
a free day/morning/half-hour etc
 I haven’t got a free day this week.
这个礼拜我一天空闲都没有。
 Children these days have very little free time.
现在的孩子很少有空闲时间。
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?
这个座位空着吗？
 I’m afraid we don’t have any free tables this evening.
恐怕今天晚上我们这里没有空桌了。
 He used his free hand to open the door.
他用空着的手去开门。
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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.
她的疼痛终于消失了。
free from
 A lot of the patients are now free from symptoms.
许多患者现在症状都消失了。
pain-free/trouble-free etc
 a stress-free life
没有压力的生活
7  not containing STH 不含…的，没有…的 not containing something 不包含某物的
free from/of
 All our drinks are free from artificial colourings.
我们的饮料都不含人工色素。
fat-free/dairy-free etc
 a fat-free yoghurt
脱脂酸奶
8  tax 税 if something is free of tax, you do not have to pay tax on it 免〔税〕的
free of
 This income should be free of tax.
这项收入应当是免税的。
tax-free/duty-free etc
 tax-free earnings
免税的收入
 an opportunity to buy duty-free goods
购买免税商品的机会
9  feel free spokenLET/ALLOW used to tell someone that they can do something 随便，随意
 Feel free to ask questions.
请随便提问吧。
 ‘Can I use your bathroom?’ ‘Yes, feel free.’
“我可以用一下你的卫生间吗？”“可以，请随便。”
Examples from the Corpus
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 无拘束的，随便的；不拘礼节的
 I knew that life wasn’t going to be so free and easy now.
我知道现在生活不再那样自由自在了。
 the free and easy atmosphere of university life
大学生活无拘无束的气氛
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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
Examples from the Corpus
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 让某人有自主权
 The producer was given a free rein with the script.
制片人可自由处理剧本。
Examples from the Corpus
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 天下没有免费的午餐
Examples from the Corpus
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 这是个自由的国家〔一般作幽默用法〕
 It’s a free country. You can’t stop me.
这是个自由的国家，你阻止不了我的。
Examples from the Corpus
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 白白捞到好处
 They are encouraging all workers to join the union rather than just taking a free ride on those who do join.
他们鼓励所有工人加入工会，而不是坐享其成。
Examples from the Corpus
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；随意给予某物
 He seems to be very free with other people’s money.
他用起别人的钱来似乎很大方。
 She is always free with her advice.
她总是慷慨提出建议。
Examples from the Corpus
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.
我知道他们一直随便拿我们的食物吃。
Examples from the Corpus
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 无阻碍的；不受限制的
 We opened both doors to allow a free flow of air through the building.
我们把两扇门都打开，让空气在室内自由流通。
19  chemicals 化学物 technicalHCE a free chemical substance is not combined with any other substance 游离的，自由的，单体的
 the amount of free oxygen in the atmosphere
大气中游离氧的含量
 THESAURUS
free something that is free does not cost you any money 免费的
Parking is free after 6 pm.
下午6点之后停车免费。
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.
他们在发放免费的音乐会门票。
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 〔尤指一般需付费时〕免费
He offered to fix the car for nothing.
他主动提出免费修车。
nFans were allowed into the stadium for nothing as a way of celebrating.
Children under five can see the show for free.
五岁以下儿童免费观看表演。
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 不额外收费
The shop will install the cooker for you at no extra cost.
商店会来安装炉具，不额外收费。
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、剧院、酒店等〕馈赠的，免费供应的
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.
蜜月夫妇可在酒店客房获赠一瓶香槟。
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〔酒吧或餐厅〕付费,免费招待
These drinks are on the house.
这些酒水免单。
ngratis especially written without having to pay for something
Users will be able to listen to tracks (=songs)gratis.
Examples from the Corpus
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 释放 to allow someone to leave prison or somewhere they have been kept as a prisoner 释放，使自由 SYN release
 He expects to be freed quite soon.
他预计很快就能获释。
 The terrorists have at last agreed to free the hostages.
恐怖分子终于同意释放人质。
free somebody from something
 She was freed from prison last week.
她上周获释出狱。
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，使摆脱
free somebody from/of something
 The press has now been freed from political control.
新闻界现在已经摆脱了政治的控制。
 She longed to be freed of her responsibilities.
她渴望能卸下肩上的责任。
 Art frees the imagination.
艺术可以释放想象力。
3  LOOSEallow SB/STH to move 允许某人/某物移动 to move someone or something so that they are no longer held, fixed, or trapped 解救，使解脱出来；解开 SYN release
 He struggled to free himself, but the ropes were too tight.
他挣扎着想脱身，但是绳子太紧了。
 I couldn’t free the safety catch.
我拉不开保险栓。
free somebody/something from something
 All the victims have now been freed from the wreckage.
已从残骸中救出所有受害者。
4  HELPstop SB suffering 使某人不再经受痛苦 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
新的止痛药
 At last the country has been freed from its enormous debts.
该国最后被免除了巨额债务。
5  make available 使可用 (also free something ↔ up)AVAILABLE to make something available so that it can be used 腾出；使…可用
 I need to free up some of the disk space on my computer.
我需要在我电脑上释放出一些磁盘空间。
 This should free some money for investment.
这样应该能腾出一些钱来用于投资。
6  give SB more time 给某人更多时间 (also free somebody ↔ up) to give someone time to do something by taking away other jobs that they have to do 使能腾出时间
free somebody (up) to do something
 Taking away the burden of administration will free teachers to concentrate on teaching.
解除教师的行政负担可以让他们有时间集中精力来教学。
 We have freed up some staff to deal with the backlog of work.
我们已腾出一些员工来处理积压的工作。
Examples from the Corpus
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 免费地
 Children under four can travel free.
四岁以下儿童免费乘坐。
 You can get advice free from your local library.
你可向当地图书馆免费咨询。
for free
 He offered to do the work for free.
他主动提出无偿做这项工作。
 All these services are available to the public free of charge.
所有这些服务均向公众免费提供。
2  LOOSEnot fixed or held in a particular place or position 不固定地；松脱地
 The ropes were now hanging free.
绳索现在松垂着。
 A gold chain swung free around his neck.
一条金项链在他脖子上松松地晃荡着。
→ freely, scot-free
Examples from the Corpus
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 自由转会
 We got Kevin on a free from Manchester United.
凯文是从曼联队自由转会到我们这里的。
-free /friː/ suffix [in adjectives and adverbs]  
NOT HAVEwithout something that you do not want 无…的
 a trouble-free journey
无忧无虑的旅行
 duty-free cigarettes
免税香烟
 a salt-free diet
无盐饮食
 They live in the house rent-free.
他们住这房子是免租金的。
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.

→THESAURUS1free2 verbfree3 adverbadvfree4 noun-free suffix
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