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free.dom5fri:7dEmnthe condition or right of being able or allowed to do, say, think, etc. whatever you want to, without being controlled or limited自由，自主I felt such a sense of freedom, up in the hills alone. [U]独自一人呆在山上，我感到自由极了。If parents don't allow their children any freedom, they will never learn to be independent. [U]如果父母不让孩子有一点自主，他们就永远也学不会独立。At university, she revelled in having the freedom to do as she liked. [U + to infinitive]在大学里，她因拥有了能做自己喜欢做的事的自由而欣喜若狂。Now that the organization has more money, it will have more freedom of manoeuvre / movement / action (=ability able to choose different ways of acting). [U]既然公司有了更多的钱，它就可以有更多的谋划/活动/行动的自由。Everyone should be allowed freedom of choice (=the ability to make their own choices). [U]每个人都应有自由选择的权利。They are campaigning for freedom of information (=for any information to be allowed to be given to anyone who wants it). [U]他们在为信息自由而战。We demand freedom from injustice / persecution / unfair taxation (=the condition of not having to suffer these things). [U]我们要摆脱非正义的行为/迫害/不公平的税收制。A freedom is a right to act in the way you think you should.自由权Being able to vote as you want to is an important political / democratic freedom. [C]能按自己的意愿来投票选举是一项重要的政治/民主权利。Freedom is also the state of not being in prison.(相对于囚禁而言的)自由They regained their freedom after ten years of unjust imprisonment. [U]在十年不公正的囚禁生活之后，他们重获自由。Freedom is also the ability to move.自由活动的能力I hate wearing clothes that limit my freedom of movement. [U]我讨厌穿那些限制我活动自由的衣服。To give someone the freedom of a particular place is to give them special rights there.给予…在某地的特权To honour her achievements, she was given the freedom of her native city.为了表彰她所取得的成就，她被授予出生地的荣誉市民权。
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