the Four Freedoms
/ðə ˌfɔː ˈfriːdəmz/
/ðə ˌfɔːr ˈfriːdəmz/
- four types of freedom that US President Franklin D Roosevelt said were worth fighting for. They are freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want (= the lack of basic needs) and freedom from fear. He said this during his State of the Union Address to Congress on 6 January 1941 nearly a year before the US entered the Second World War. After the war, the Four Freedoms were included in the United Nations Charter (= statement of the rights of people).
四种自由：美国总统富兰克林·罗斯福（Franklin D Roosevelt）认为值得争取的四种自由。它们是言论自由和言论自由，礼拜自由，免于匮乏和免于恐惧。他在1941年1月6日发表的国情咨文国会演说中说过这一点，距美国进入第二次世界大战已经一年了。战争结束后，《四项自由》被纳入《联合国宪章》（《人民权利声明》）。