She walked to the local grocery store to buy broken biscuits which were much cheaper, and to get a free bone for her much loved dog.
出自-2014年6月聽力原文
Worst of all, when her son, Ned, fell and injured his knee, she refused to pay for a doctor and spent hours looking for free medical help
出自-2014年6月聽力原文
After swiping（敲擊）into the iPad app (應用軟件 ), which you can get for free here, he opens up a few different types of textbooks.
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
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ADJ
免費的
If something is free, you can have it or use it without paying for it.
例句
The seminars are free, with lunch provided.
研討會不收會務費，而且還提供午餐。
...a free brochure with details of gift vouchers.
內有禮券詳情的免費宣傳冊
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ADJ-GRADED
自由的;不受約束的;沒有限制的
Someone or something that is free is not restricted, controlled, or limited, for example by rules, customs, or other people.
例句
The government will be free to pursue its economic policies...
政府將可不受限制地實行其經濟政策。
The elections were free and fair...
選舉是自由公正的。
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VERB
使擺脫;使去掉
If you free someone of something that is unpleasant or restricting, you remove it from them.
例句
It will free us of a whole lot of debt...
它會使我們擺脫巨額債務。
The 30-year-old star is trying to free himself from his recording contract.
這位30 歲的明星正試圖從他的唱片合約中脫身。
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ADJ
(人身)自由的;不受監禁(或奴役)的
Someone who is free is no longer a prisoner or a slave.
例句
He walked from the court house a free man...
他以自由之身走出了法院。
More than ninety prisoners have been set free so far under a government amnesty.
目前已有 90 多名犯人因為一項政府特赦獲得自由。
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VERB
使人身自由;解放;釋放
To free a prisoner or a slave means to let them go or release them from prison.
例句
Israel is set to free more Lebanese prisoners...
以色列準備釋放更多的黎巴嫩犯人。
The act had a specific intent, to protect freed slaves from white mobs.
這項法案有明確的目的，即保護被解放的奴隸免受白人暴民的傷害。
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ADJ
無…的;擺脫了…的
If someone or something is free of or free from an unpleasant thing, they do not have it or they are not affected by it.
例句
...a future far more free of fear...
遠遠擺脫恐懼的未來
She retains her slim figure and is free of wrinkles...
她保持著苗條的身材，臉上也沒有皺紋。
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ADJ
免(稅)的
A sum of money or type of goods that is free of tax or duty is one that you do not have to pay tax on.
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VERB
使解脫出來;使空出來
To free someone or something means to make them available for a task or function that they were previously not available for.
例句
Toolbelts free both hands and lessen the risk of dropping hammers...
工具腰帶解放了雙手，還減少了錘子掉落的風險。
His deal with Disney will run out shortly, freeing him to pursue his own project...
他和迪斯尼的協議很快就要到期，這樣他就可以騰出身來發展自己的項目了。
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ADJ
空閑的;有空的;不上班的;不在忙的
If you have a free period of time or are free at a particular time, you are not working or occupied then.
例句
She spent her free time shopping...
她空閑的時候就去購物。
I used to write during my free periods at school...
過去我經常在課余時間寫作。
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ADJ
不在用的;無人使用的;未被占用的
If something such as a table or seat is free, it is not being used or occupied by anyone, or is not reserved for anyone to use.
例句
There was only one seat free on the train...
列車上只剩下一個空座。
They took the only free table, which was just inside the door.
他們在剛進門處的唯一一張空桌子邊坐下。
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ADJ
松開的;脫開的;未縛住的;未固定的
If you get something free or if it gets free, it is no longer trapped by anything or attached to anything.
例句
The severe conditions hampered attempts to pull the vessel free of the rig...
惡劣的天氣情況使得把那艘船拉離鉆塔的努力很難奏效。
He pulled his arm free, and strode for the door...
他抽出胳膊，大步朝門走去。
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VERB
松開;解開;使不再縛住(或固定)
If you free someone or something, you remove them from the place in which they have been trapped or become fixed.
例句
It took firemen two hours to cut through the drive belt to free him...
消防員花了兩個小時才把傳動帶切斷，把他救了出來。
He managed to free one hand to ward off a punch.
他設法掙脫出一只手來擋住了一拳。
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ADJ
(手或胳膊)空著的，閑著的
When someone is using one hand or arm to hold or move something, their other hand or arm is referred to as their free one.
例句
He snatched up the receiver and his free hand groped for the switch on the bedside lamp...
他一只手抓起電話聽筒，另一只手去摸床頭燈的開關。
She checked her fall with her free arm.
多虧了她還有一只手空著才沒讓自己倒下去。
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ADJ-GRADED
慷慨的;大手大腳的;過分給予的
If you say that someone is free with something such as advice or money, you mean that they give a lot of it, sometimes when it is not wanted.
例句
They weren't always so free with their advice...
他們并不是一直都如此好為人師。
They would often be free with criticism, some of it unjustified.
他們經常會大肆批評，而且其中有些并無道理。
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PHRASE
請隨意;不必拘謹
You say 'feel free' when you want to give someone permission to do something, in a very willing way.
例句
Go right ahead. Feel free...
開始吧。請便。
If you have any questions at all, please feel free to ask me.
如果有任何問題，請隨意提問。
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PHRASE
義務地;無償地;免費地
If you do something or get something for free, you do it without being paid or get it without having to pay for it.
例句
I wasn't expecting you to do it for free...
我并沒有指望你白干。
Why waste ￡50 when you could get it for free?
能夠免費得到為什么還要浪費50英鎊呢？
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PHRASE
(表達批評意見時用于強調)不管怎樣
You say that you will express a critical opinion about something for free when you want to emphasize how strongly you feel about it.
例句
I'll tell you one thing for free: I can't stand him.
不管怎樣我都要說：我受不了他。
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PHRASAL VERB
開放，放開(市場、經濟或體系)
To free up a market, economy, or system means to make it operate with fewer restrictions and controls.
例句
...policies for freeing up markets and extending competition.
開放市場、擴大競爭的政策
Noun
1. people who are free;
"the home of the free and the brave"Verb
1. grant freedom to; free from confinement
2. relieve from;
"Rid the the house of pests"3. remove or force out from a position;
"The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums""He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble"4. grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to;
"She exempted me from the exam"5. make (information) available publication;
"release the list with the names of the prisoners"6. free from obligations or duties
7. free or remove obstruction from;
"free a path across the cluttered floor"8. let off the hook;
"I absolve you from this responsibility"9. part with a possession or right;
"I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest""resign a claim to the throne"10. make (assets) available;
"release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"Adjective
1. able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint;
"free enterprise""a free port""a free country""I have an hour free""free will""free of racism""feel free to stay as long as you wish""a free choice"2. unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion;
"free expansion""free oxygen""a free electron"3. costing nothing;
"complimentary tickets"4. not occupied or in use;
"a free locker""a free lane"5. not fixed in position;
"the detached shutter fell on him""he pulled his arm free and ran"6. not held in servitude;
"after the Civil War he was a free man"7. not taken up by scheduled activities;
"a free hour between classes""spare time on my hands"8. not literal;
"a loose interpretation of what she had been told""a free translation of the poem"Adverb
1. without restraint;
"cows in India are running loose"