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单词 free agent
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Definition of free agent in English:

free agent

noun
  • 1A person who does not have any commitments that restrict their actions.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's not just for free agents, knowledge workers, and serial entrepreneurs.
    • But human beings are only more or less free agents, often less.
    • It will be first time since she joined the police in 1973 that Dame Elizabeth will be a free agent.
    • But, as the story unfolds, it is clear that all the characters are self-deluded, the victims of events as much as free agents.
    • He has led a dynasty in a free agent, salary-capped era in which such dominance was presumed to be impossible.
    • In fact, free agents are safer in an economic storm than their job-holding counterparts.
    • It is not that they are indispensable, either on payroll or as free agents; their knowledge and skills are.
    • He allows her to travel with him on the condition that it is a temporary arrangement - that he is a free agent and is not in any way committed to her.
    • These factors have served as a catalyst for the emergence of workers who consider themselves free agents.
    • Part worker, part owner, free agents have crossed over the industrial relations divide.
    • However, we should keep in mind that Senators to some extent are free agents.
    • Some would be free agents, shopping themselves around to the most alluring companies.
    • The key is that the mother is not a free agent and there will never be a separate family home provided by the state.
    • And the girl began to think of herself as a free agent, unbound by the presumptions of heredity.
    • Benji was a free agent, and equally keen on his prospective employers.
    • The dot com revolution spawned a whole new generation of savvy, job hopping free agents who each said proudly they were their own security.
    • People remain free agents; nothing is certain or predictable.
    1. 1.1 A sports player who is not bound by a contract and so is eligible to join any team.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They will become free agents only if the team doesn't tender them contracts by December 20.
      • The team focused on signing free agents and drafting players that would put the team before themselves.
      • The team acquired eight players as free agents or in the draft who have started three or more games.
      • Once they decide on two or three players, the other free agents will have to scramble to find a big contract elsewhere.
      • The team will focus on keeping its players rather than signing free agents.
 
 

Definition of free agent in US English:

free agent

nounfri ˈeɪdʒəntfrē ˈājənt
  • 1A person who does not have any commitments that restrict their actions.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • And the girl began to think of herself as a free agent, unbound by the presumptions of heredity.
    • The key is that the mother is not a free agent and there will never be a separate family home provided by the state.
    • Benji was a free agent, and equally keen on his prospective employers.
    • He allows her to travel with him on the condition that it is a temporary arrangement - that he is a free agent and is not in any way committed to her.
    • The dot com revolution spawned a whole new generation of savvy, job hopping free agents who each said proudly they were their own security.
    • In fact, free agents are safer in an economic storm than their job-holding counterparts.
    • It is not that they are indispensable, either on payroll or as free agents; their knowledge and skills are.
    • Part worker, part owner, free agents have crossed over the industrial relations divide.
    • These factors have served as a catalyst for the emergence of workers who consider themselves free agents.
    • However, we should keep in mind that Senators to some extent are free agents.
    • But human beings are only more or less free agents, often less.
    • But, as the story unfolds, it is clear that all the characters are self-deluded, the victims of events as much as free agents.
    • People remain free agents; nothing is certain or predictable.
    • He has led a dynasty in a free agent, salary-capped era in which such dominance was presumed to be impossible.
    • Some would be free agents, shopping themselves around to the most alluring companies.
    • It's not just for free agents, knowledge workers, and serial entrepreneurs.
    • It will be first time since she joined the police in 1973 that Dame Elizabeth will be a free agent.
    1. 1.1 A sports player who is not bound by a contract and so is eligible to join any team.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Once they decide on two or three players, the other free agents will have to scramble to find a big contract elsewhere.
      • They will become free agents only if the team doesn't tender them contracts by December 20.
      • The team acquired eight players as free agents or in the draft who have started three or more games.
      • The team will focus on keeping its players rather than signing free agents.
      • The team focused on signing free agents and drafting players that would put the team before themselves.
 
 
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