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月听力原文
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月听力原文
After swiping（敲击）into the iPad app (应用软件 ), which you can get for free here, he opens up a few different types of textbooks.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
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ADJ
免费的
If something is free, you can have it or use it without paying for it.
例句
The seminars are free, with lunch provided.
研讨会不收会务费，而且还提供午餐。
...a free brochure with details of gift vouchers.
内有礼券详情的免费宣传册
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ADJ-GRADED
自由的;不受约束的;没有限制的
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...
政府将可不受限制地实行其经济政策。
The elections were free and fair...
选举是自由公正的。
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VERB
使摆脱;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...
它会使我们摆脱巨额债务。
The 30-year-old star is trying to free 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。
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ADJ
(人身)自由的;不受监禁(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 多名犯人因为一项政府特赦获得自由。
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VERB
使人身自由;解放;释放
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...
以色列准备释放更多的黎巴嫩犯人。
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。
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ADJ
无…的;摆脱了…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...
远远摆脱恐惧的未来
She retains her slim figure and is free of wrinkles...
她保持着苗条的身材，脸上也没有皱纹。
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ADJ
免(税)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
使解脱出来;使空出来
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...
工具腰带解放了双手，还减少了锤子掉落的风险。
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。
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ADJ
空闲的;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...
她空闲的时候就去购物。
I used to write during my free periods at school...
过去我经常在课余时间写作。
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ADJ
不在用的;无人使用的;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...
列车上只剩下一个空座。
They took the only free 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。
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ADJ
松开的;脱开的;未缚住的;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...
恶劣的天气情况使得把那艘船拉离钻塔的努力很难奏效。
He pulled his arm free, and strode for the door...
他抽出胳膊，大步朝门走去。
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VERB
松开;解开;使不再缚住(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...
消防员花了两个小时才把传动带切断，把他救了出来。
He managed to free one hand to ward off a punch.
他设法挣脱出一只手来挡住了一拳。
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ADJ
(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 their free one.
例句
He snatched up the receiver and his free hand groped for the switch on the bedside lamp...
他一只手抓起电话听筒，另一只手去摸床头灯的开关。
She checked her fall with her free arm.
多亏了她还有一只手空着才没让自己倒下去。
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ADJ-GRADED
慷慨的;大手大脚的;过分给予的
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...
他们并不是一直都如此好为人师。
They would often be free 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。
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PHRASE
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.
例句
Go right ahead. Feel free...
开始吧。请便。
If you have any questions at all, please feel free to ask me.
如果有任何问题，请随意提问。
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PHRASE
义务地;无偿地;免费地
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...
我并没有指望你白干。
Why waste £50 when you could get it for free?
能够免费得到为什么还要浪费50英镑呢？
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PHRASE
(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 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.
不管怎样我都要说：我受不了他。
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PHRASAL VERB
开放，放开(市场、经济或体系)
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.
开放市场、扩大竞争的政策
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"