freedom
freedom 英 [ˈfri:dəm] 美 [ˈfridəm]
n. 自由
名词复数:freedoms
- Freedom is the state of being entirely free. Many governments claim to guarantee freedom, but often people do not, in fact, have the absolute freedom to act or speak without restraint.
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- n. 自由
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1. freedom of speech, freedom of thought, freedom of expression, freedom of worship
言论╱思想╱表达╱信仰自由
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2. a threat to academic freedom
对学术等自由的威胁
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3. freedom of action
行动自由
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4. He finally won his freedom after twenty years in jail.
他蹲了二十年监狱以后终于获得了自由。
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5. I was given the freedom of the whole house.
我获得全座房子的自由使用权。
- freedom (n.) Old English freodom "power of self-determination, state of free will; emancipation from slavery, deliverance;" see free (adj.) + -dom. Meaning "exemption from arbitrary or despotic control, civil liberty" is from late 14c. Meaning "possession of particular privileges" is from 1570s. Similar formation in Old Frisian fridom, Dutch vrijdom, Middle Low German vridom. Freedom-rider recorded 1961 in reference to civil rights activists in U.S. trying to integrate bus lines.
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