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TOEFL BNC: 3629 COCA: 3835

liberty

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lib·er·ty /ˈlɪbəti $ -ər-/ ●●○ noun (plural liberties)  
1 freedom 自由 [uncountableU]FREE TO DO WHAT YOU WANT the freedom and the right to do whatever you want without asking permission or being afraid of authority 自由;自由权
 the fight for liberty and equality
争取自由和平等的斗争
individual/personal liberty
 threats to individual liberty
对个人自由的威胁
religious/political/economic liberty
 struggles for political liberty
争取政治自由的斗争
2 legal right 合法权利 [countableC usually plural]RIGHT/HAVE THE RIGHT TO a particular legal right 自由;〔某种〕合法权利
 liberties such as freedom of speech
言论自由等合法权利
civil liberty
3 without permission 未经许可 [singular]OFFEND something you do without asking permission, especially which may offend or upset someone else 自作主张的行为,冒犯的举动,放肆的行为
take the liberty of doing something
 I took the liberty of cancelling your reservation.
我自作主张取消了你的预订。
4 be at liberty to do something formalRIGHT/HAVE THE RIGHT TO to have the right or permission to do something 有权做某事;获准做某事
 I am not at liberty to discuss these matters.
我无权讨论这些问题。
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5 take liberties with somebody/something 
a) CHANGE/MAKE something DIFFERENTto make unreasonable changes in something such as a piece of writing 随意改动某物,任意窜改某物
 The film-makers took too many liberties with the original novel.
电影制作人对原著改动太多。
b) old-fashionedUSE A PERSON to treat someone without respect by being too friendly too quickly, especially in a sexual way 与某人相处时太放肆,对待某人过于狎昵〔尤指言行带有性意味〕
 He’s been taking liberties with our female staff.
他对我们的女职员态度太随便了。
6. at liberty formalFREE/NOT IN PRISON if a prisoner or an animal is at liberty, they are no longer in prison or enclosed in a small place 〔犯人或动物〕不受拘禁的,自由的 SYN free
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nCOLLOCATIONS
adjectives
individual/personal liberty
Any law that increases police power may be seen as a threat to individual liberty.
religious liberty
The American Constitution protects religious liberty.
political liberty
The party has a tradition of fighting for increased political liberty.
economic liberty
The country is slowly moving towards democracy and economic liberty.
verbs
protect somebody's liberty
The right to vote is one of the most powerful means we have to protect our liberty.
deprive somebody of their liberty (=take liberty away from someone)
a prisoner who has been deprived of his liberty
infringe on/restrict somebody's liberty (=limit someone's liberty)
Will the new security measures infringe on our liberty?
threaten somebody's liberty
The government should not be so strong that it threatens individual liberty.
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Libertyn  
nan independent British organization which aims to defend and increase the rights of ordinary citizens. Before it changed its name in 1988, Liberty was called the National Council for Civil Liberties.
Origin liberty
(1300-1400) French liberté, from Latin libertas, from liber free
lib·er·ty nounn COLLOCATIONS1Libertyn
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TOEFL BNC: 3629 COCA: 3835
liberty

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + LIBERTY | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEgreat偉大的自由complete完全的自由basic, fundamental基本/根本自由a citizens' charter which gives people basic civil liberties賦予公民基本自由的公民憲章civil公民自由human, individual, personal人類/個體/個人自由economic, political, religious經濟/政治/宗教自由constitutional (especially NAmE) 憲法賦予的自由VERB + LIBERTYenjoy, have享有自由demand, fight for要求/爭取自由secure, win獲得/贏得自由The city won its liberty in the 16th century.這座城市於 16 世紀獲得自由。lose失去自由If found guilty, she is in danger of losing her liberty.如果被判有罪,她將有可能失去自由。defend, guarantee, preserve, protect, safeguard捍衞自由;保障自由;維護自由;保衞自由The law should protect the liberty of the individual.法律應該保障個人自由。threaten威脅自由The new legislation threatens individual liberty.新立法威脅到個人自由。curtail, erode, restrict, violate限制自由;損害自由Our personal liberty is being eroded.我們的人身自由正在受到侵害。deny, deprive sb of, destroy, take剝奪(某人的)自由;破壞自由allow sb, give sb給予某人自由The system allows us complete liberty to do the task as we like.這一體制讓我們完全自由地按自己的方法完成任務。sacrifice犧牲自由PREPOSITIONat liberty自由I'm not at liberty to reveal the names of the victims.我沒有透露受害人姓名的自由。The escaped prisoner has been at liberty for five days. (formal) 囚犯已逃脫在外 5 天。liberty for⋯享有的自由Women are demanding greater liberty for themselves.婦女正在為自己爭取更大的自由。liberty from從⋯中解放出來liberty from the abuse of police power免遭濫用警察權力之苦PHRASESan infringement of liberty對自由的侵犯loss of liberty自由的喪失a threat to liberty對自由的威脅
TOEFL BNC: 3629 COCA: 3835
liberty noun
freedom (religious liberty) right (civil liberties)
TOEFL BNC: 3629 COCA: 3835
liberty
Freedom and independence: autarky, freedom, independence...
Impolite and rude behaviour: discourtesy, insolence, presumption...

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