liberate

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lib·e·rate /ˈlɪbəreɪt/ AWL verb [transitiveT]

1 FREE TO DO WHAT YOU WANTto free someone from feelings or conditions that make their life unhappy or difficult 使自由，使摆脱束缚

liberate somebody from something

women’s freedom to pursue careers liberated from childcare

妇女从养儿育女中解放出来去追求事业的自由

the liberating power of education

教育的解放力量

2 FREE/NOT IN PRISONto free prisoners, a city, a country etc from someone’s control 释放〔囚犯〕；解放〔城市、国家等〕

A few days later, our armies liberated the city.

几天以后，我军解放了这座城市。

—liberation /ˌlɪbəˈreɪʃən/ noun [uncountableU]

liberation from oppression

从压迫中解放出来

the liberation of Paris in August 1944

1944年8月巴黎的解放

—liberator /ˈlɪbəreɪtə $ -ər/ noun [countableC]

Examples from the Corpus

liberate• Both Lena and I felt we had been liberated as actress and director.• But he is liberated by love.• The city was liberated by the Allies in 1944.• Algeria was liberated from France in 1962.• Poland, the Czech Republic, and other countries liberated from Soviet rule have done very well economically.• All talk of liberating iron curtain capitals disappeared.• It was really liberating to finally put my destiny in the hands of millions of people, as opposed to ten people.

liberate somebody from something• In the 1930s, electricity liberated farmers from many hard chores.

Origin liberate

(1500-1600) Latin past participle of liberare, from liber; → LIBERTY

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