free的经典引文是：Sympathy not only for free Greeks, but for barbarians and slaves.出自：B. Russell。free的详尽释义是adj.(形容词)自由的，自如的，不受拘束的随意的，任意的随便的免费的畅通的未固定的，松开的自主的，自立的自动的大方的空闲的奔放的，直率的不客气的流利的不拘泥于文字的。free【近义词】at leisure。
一、详尽释义点此查看free的详细内容
二、双解释义
三、词典解释
1.免费的
If something isfree, you can have it or use it without paying for it.
free的意思
e.g. The seminars arefree, with lunch provided.
研讨会不收会务费，而且还提供午餐。
e.g. ...afree brochure with details of gift vouchers.
内有礼券详情的免费宣传册
2. free of charge -> see charge
3.自由的;不受约束的;没有限制的
Someone or something that isfree is not restricted, controlled, or limited, for example by rules, customs, or other people.
e.g. The government will befree to pursue its economic policies...
政府将可不受限制地实行其经济政策。
e.g. The elections werefree and fair...
选举是自由公正的。
4.使摆脱;使去掉
If youfree someone of something that is unpleasant or restricting, you remove it from them.
e.g. It willfree us of a whole lot of debt...
它会使我们摆脱巨额债务。
e.g. The 30-year-old star is trying tofree himself from his recording contract.
这位30 岁的明星正试图从他的唱片合约中脱身。
5.(人身)自由的;不受监禁(或奴役)的
Someone who isfree is no longer a prisoner or a slave.
e.g. He walked from the court house afree man...
他以自由之身走出了法院。
e.g. More than ninety prisoners have been setfree so far under a government amnesty.
目前已有 90 多名犯人因为一项政府特赦获得自由。
6.使人身自由;解放;释放
Tofree a prisoner or a slave means to let them go or release them from prison.
e.g. Israel is set tofree more Lebanese prisoners...
以色列准备释放更多的黎巴嫩犯人。
e.g. The act had a specific intent, to protect freed slaves from white mobs.
这项法案有明确的目的，即保护被解放的奴隶免受白人暴民的伤害。
7.无…的;摆脱了…的
If someone or something isfree of orfree from an unpleasant thing, they do not have it or they are not affected by it.
e.g. ...a future far morefree of fear...
远远摆脱恐惧的未来
e.g. She retains her slim figure and isfree of wrinkles...
她保持着苗条的身材，脸上也没有皱纹。
8.免(税)的
A sum of money or type of goods that isfree of tax or duty is one that you do not have to pay tax on.
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9.使解脱出来;使空出来
Tofree someone or something means to make them available for a task or function that they were previously not available for.
e.g. Toolbeltsfree both hands and lessen the risk of dropping hammers...
工具腰带解放了双手，还减少了锤子掉落的风险。
e.g. His deal with Disney will run out shortly, freeing him to pursue his own project...
他和迪斯尼的协议很快就要到期，这样他就可以腾出身来发展自己的项目了。
10.空闲的;有空的;不上班的;不在忙的
If you have afree period of time or arefree at a particular time, you are not working or occupied then.
e.g. She spent herfree time shopping...
她空闲的时候就去购物。
e.g. I used to write during myfree periods at school...
过去我经常在课余时间写作。
11.不在用的;无人使用的;未被占用的
If something such as a table or seat isfree, it is not being used or occupied by anyone, or is not reserved for anyone to use.
e.g. There was only one seatfree on the train...
列车上只剩下一个空座。
e.g. They took the onlyfree table, which was just inside the door.
他们在刚进门处的唯一一张空桌子边坐下。
12.松开的;脱开的;未缚住的;未固定的
If you get somethingfree or if it getsfree, it is no longer trapped by anything or attached to anything.
e.g. The severe conditions hampered attempts to pull the vesselfree of the rig...
恶劣的天气情况使得把那艘船拉离钻塔的努力很难奏效。
e.g. He pulled his armfree, and strode for the door...
他抽出胳膊，大步朝门走去。
13.松开;解开;使不再缚住(或固定)
If youfree someone or something, you remove them from the place in which they have been trapped or become fixed.
free的近义词
e.g. It took firemen two hours to cut through the drive belt tofree him...
消防员花了两个小时才把传动带切断，把他救了出来。
e.g. He managed tofree one hand to ward off a punch.
他设法挣脱出一只手来挡住了一拳。
14.(手或胳膊)空着的，闲着的
When someone is using one hand or arm to hold or move something, their other hand or arm is referred to as theirfree one.
e.g. He snatched up the receiver and hisfree hand groped for the switch on the bedside lamp...
他一只手抓起电话听筒，另一只手去摸床头灯的开关。
e.g. She checked her fall with herfree arm.
多亏了她还有一只手空着才没让自己倒下去。
15.慷慨的;大手大脚的;过分给予的
If you say that someone isfree with something such as advice or money, you mean that they give a lot of it, sometimes when it is not wanted.
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e.g. They weren't always sofree with their advice...
他们并不是一直都如此好为人师。
e.g. They would often befree with criticism, some of it unjustified.
他们经常会大肆批评，而且其中有些并无道理。
16.请随意;不必拘谨
You say 'feel free' when you want to give someone permission to do something, in a very willing way.
e.g. Go right ahead. Feelfree...
开始吧。请便。
e.g. If you have any questions at all, please feelfree to ask me.
如果有任何问题，请随意提问。
17.义务地;无偿地;免费地
If you do something or get somethingfor free, you do it without being paid or get it without having to pay for it.
e.g. I wasn't expecting you to do it forfree...
我并没有指望你白干。
e.g. Why waste £50 when you could get it forfree?
能够免费得到为什么还要浪费50英镑呢？
18.(表达批评意见时用于强调)不管怎样
You say that you will express a critical opinion about somethingfor free when you want to emphasize how strongly you feel about it.
e.g. I'll tell you one thing forfree: I can't stand him.
不管怎样我都要说：我受不了他。
19. to give someone afree hand -> see hand
20.开放，放开(市场、经济或体系)
Tofree up a market, economy, or system means to make it operate with fewer restrictions and controls.
e.g. ...policies for freeing up markets and extending competition.
开放市场、扩大竞争的政策
相关词组：free up
四、例句
The prisoners wish to be free again.
囚犯们希望重获自由。
As a freelancer, he has more free time to himself.
因为是个自由职业者,他有更多属于自己的自由时间。
This service is free of charge.
该服务是免费的。
Is the book for free or for a charge?
这本书是免费的,还是收费的?
A free flow of water came from the pipe.
水从管道里通畅地流了出来。
The hill is completely free from trees.
这个山丘上一棵树也没有。
He is free from any sense of responsibility.
他丝毫没有责任感。
Then you need a free and undamaged landing field.
然后你需要一个空闲的未损坏的机场。
He spends all his free time on computer games.
他所有的空闲时间都花在电子游戏上了。
Friday afternoons are left free for revision.
留出星期五下午的时间做复习。
She is very free in discussing her personal problem.
她在与人谈论自己的私事时毫无拘束。
He requested that they free the hostages.
他请求他们释放人质。
Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves.
亚伯拉罕•林肯解放了奴隶。
They must free themselves from imperialist control.
他们必须使自己摆脱帝国主义控制。
She is making a desperate bid to free herself from a loveless marriage.
她正作出不顾一切的努力去摆脱她那段没有爱情的婚姻。
Relaxation exercises can free your body of tension.
放松运动可以松缓身体的紧张。
We freed time each week for a project meeting.
我们每周都腾出时间开一次项目会议。
The government has promised to free up more resources for education.
政府保证调拨更多资源用于教育。
Children under five usually travel free on trains.
五岁以下的儿童乘火车通常免费。
He made free with all his girl-friend's money.
他随便花女朋友的钱。
The driver had to be cut free from the wreckage of his car.
破开了汽车残骸才把司机解救出来。
五、常见句型
六、常用短语
I think all caged birds should be set free.
我认为所有关在笼里的鸟儿都应该放出去。
Someone has freed the rats from their cages.
有人把耗子从笼子里放了出来。
The girl asked her father to free the bird from the cage.
那女孩请求她父亲把鸟从笼子里放出去。
We freed him from his financial obligations.
我们使他摆脱了经济上的责任。
The United Nations are trying to free the world from the threat of war.
联合国力图使世界免于战争的威胁。
He wanted to set up a country to free his people from hunger.
他要建立一个国家使他的人民免于饥饿。
That country is now freed from imperialist slavery.
那个国家现已从帝国主义的奴役下解放出来。
He was freed from the jail.
他从监狱里释放了。
Paul was put into the cell, his wrists were finally freed from handcuffs.
保罗被关进单人牢房后,终于把手铐从他手腕上取了下来。
She can't free herself of the idea that someone's watching her all the time.
她总以为有人一直在盯着她,竟无法摆脱这念头。
七、词语用法
free的相关近义词
at leisure、at liberty、without charge、liberate、release
free的相关反义词
attached、confined、restricted、tied、enslave、snare
free的相关临近词
freedom、Frederick、freed、frees、Freen、Freet、freer、Freeh、Freeth、Freels、Freeny、Freers