freedom

英['fri?d?m] 美['frid?m]

復(fù)數(shù):?freedoms;

freedom 自由

free, 自由。-dom, 抽象名詞后綴。

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.
It has been said by some physicians, that life is a forced state. The same may be said of freedom. It requires efforts, it presupposes mental and moral qualities of a high order to be generally diffused in the society where it exists. [John C. Calhoun, speech, U.S. House of Representatives, Jan. 31, 1816]
Freedom fighter attested by 1903 (originally with reference to Cuba). Freedom-loving (adj.) is from 1841.

1. Politicians have debased the meaning of the word "freedom": 政客們貶低了“自由”一詞的意義。

2. The music brought him a feeling of plenitude and freedom.: 這音樂(lè)帶給他一種完滿(mǎn)和自由的感覺(jué)。

3. The party leader said the street should be renamed Freedom Avenue.: 政黨領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人說(shuō)這條街道應(yīng)該重新命名為自由大道。

4. He was single-mindedly devoted to the hastening of freedom for the oppressed.: 他一心一意致力于早日讓被壓迫者獲得自由。

5. Susan's idea of freedom was to have variety in her life style.: 蘇珊心目中的自由就是擁有豐富多彩的生活。