lib·er·ate
verb/ˈlɪbəreɪt/
/ˈlɪbəreɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they liberate | /ˈlɪbəreɪt/ /ˈlɪbəreɪt/ |
| he / she / it liberates | /ˈlɪbəreɪts/ /ˈlɪbəreɪts/ |
| past simple liberated | /ˈlɪbəreɪtɪd/ /ˈlɪbəreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle liberated | /ˈlɪbəreɪtɪd/ /ˈlɪbəreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form liberating | /ˈlɪbəreɪtɪŋ/ /ˈlɪbəreɪtɪŋ/ |
- liberate somebody/something (from somebody/something) to free a country or a person from the control of somebody else
解放 - The city was liberated by the advancing army.
军队向前挺进，解放了那座城市。
Extra Examples- The people said they had the right to liberate themselves by whatever means necessary.
人们说他们有权采取任何必要的手段解放自己。 - Their mission was to liberate the thousands who had been enslaved.
他们的使命是解放成千上万被奴役的人。 - They were eventually liberated from British rule after a long struggle.
经过长期斗争，他们最终从英国的统治下解放出来。
- The city was liberated by the advancing army.
- liberate somebody (from something) to free somebody from something that limits their control over and pleasure in their own life
使自由；使摆脱约束（或限制） - Writing poetry liberated her from the routine of everyday life.
写诗使她从日常生活的例行公事中解脱出来。
- Writing poetry liberated her from the routine of everyday life.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin liberat- ‘freed’, from the verb liberare, from liber ‘free’.