英语词汇“liberate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

liberateliberate /ˈlɪbəˌreɪt/ ●○○ AWL verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYliberate

Origin: 1500-1600 Latin, past participle of liberare, from liber; ➔ LIBERTY

VERB TABLE

liberate

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	liberate
	he, she, it	liberates
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	liberated
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have liberated
	he, she, it	has liberated
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had liberated
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will liberate
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have liberated

Continuous Form
Present	I	am liberating
	he, she, it	is liberating
	you, we, they	are liberating
Past	I, he, she, it	was liberating
	you, we, they	were liberating
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been liberating
	he, she, it	has been liberating
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been liberating
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be liberating
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been liberating

1to free someone from feelings or conditions that make his or her life unhappy or difficult SYN free: liberate somebody from something Electricity liberated farmers from many hard chores.2to free prisoners, a city, a country, etc. from someone’s control SYN free: The city was liberated by the Allies in 1944.3to allow something to develop or happen freely, especially someone’s imagination, knowledge, etc. SYN free: Music can liberate your imagination.—liberating adjective: a liberating experience—liberator noun [countable]