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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。
Examples from the Corpus
be at liberty to do something• Elsewhere anyone was at liberty to hang up a shingle and go into practice as a physician.• Staff in these Departments considering additional computers are at liberty to submit suggestions through line management in the usual way. 3.• Time when he was at liberty to go fishing or take a drive along the coast.• While I am still free, I am at liberty to take my pleasure when I choose.• The secretary of state told reporters, "I am not at liberty to get into the details" of the proposal.• Freed from the trappings of conventional morality, Van Ness is at liberty to invent his own.• And the world will say: now she is at liberty to pursue her inclination, the parson is the man.• Also, of course, a trust is at liberty to raise new capital by an issue of additional ordinary or debenture shares.• But we are at liberty to form our own judgement of the person doing so.• We are not at liberty to discuss our hiring practices.• You are quite at liberty to make an official complaint if you wish.
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
Examples from the Corpus
at liberty• Tonight only one of the escaped prisoners remains at liberty; the other seven are now back in Central Prison.• Walker was at liberty for many years before the police apprehended him.
n COLLOCATIONS
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.
Examples from the Corpus
liberty• civil liberties• It is only we-alone and in lonely place-who stand between tyranny and liberty.• While I am still free, I am at liberty to take my pleasure when I choose.• But it cheapens liberty and diminishes the nation.• They were fighting for liberty and equality.• But emphasis has now shifted from liberty to order.• At the most, therefore, one can only inquire whether individual liberty was increasing in fact, or not.• Most had escaped but some were freed by owners newly inspired by the idea of liberty.• Wright is correct to see Paisley's interpretation of liberty as a development of this view.• Many people think that compulsory ID cards interfere with personal liberty.• The Constitution promises liberty and justice to all citizens.• Hayek views the growing dominance of the conception of law as thesis as posing a grave threat to liberty.
individual/personal liberty• These measures are an important extension of consumers' rights and some safeguard of individual liberty.• The value of individual liberty is not absolute, but is subject to the authority of established government.• A libertarian society was seen as one which was based on individual liberty.• The accent was on lifting restrictions on individual liberty.• A heavy burden is placed on the magistrates to protect individual liberty from the abuse of police power.• If the government determines the interests of the state, does this harbour any threat to individual liberty?• Attempts to force equality are unacceptable also because they directly undermine individual liberty, a value of far greater importance.• Does this incursion upon individual liberty without consent serve a worthwhile purpose or rest upon some important principle?
take the liberty of doing something• I took the liberty of helping myself to a piece of cake.• I took the liberty of inviting my friend Carlo along.• I took the liberty of planting a listening device in the jukebox you ... earned.• I took the liberty of telling my office I could be reached here.• Might I take the liberty of reminding Sir that Sir's favourite programme's on the air soon?• Next I took the liberty of calling on his daughter, Mrs. Carolan.
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 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1Libertyn
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