| 单词 | liberate |
| 释义 | liberate (once / 391 pages) 1v 2v To liberate something means to release it from confinement. As the saying goes, "If you love something, set it free," — liberate it. Liberate is a powerful verb he verb that has been an important part of the history of the United States. In the Revolutionary War we fought to liberate ourselves from Great Britain, and the Civil War was fought in part to liberate the Southern slaves. As recently as the 1920's, women sought to be liberated from second-class citizen status. Even today, there are rebel groups in foreign countries striving to liberate their people who are denied freedom by their governments. WORD FAMILYliberate: liberated, liberates, liberating, liberation, liberator+/liberation: liberations/liberator: liberators/libertarian: libertarianism, libertarians/liberty: liberate, libertarian, liberties USAGE EXAMPLESA government campaign to liberate Mosul and surrounding areas in Nineveh province began in mid-October. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) “God willing, they will liberate Mosul and I will return and start another restaurant there.” Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) The site, though liberated last month from the extremists, is reduced to rubble, largely unguarded and vulnerable to looters. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1v grant freedom to; free from confinement Syn|Ant|Hypo free, loose, release, unloose, unloosen confine, detain deprive of freedom; take into confinement unspell release from a spell unchainmake free bailrelease after a security has been paid runset animals loose to graze bail outfree on bail parolerelease a criminal from detention and place him on parole 2v grant freedom to The students liberated their slaves upon graduating from the university Syn|Hypo|Hyper set free affranchise, enfranchise grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude emancipate, manumitfree from slavery or servitude decolonise, decolonizegrant independence to (a former colony) discharge, free free from obligations or duties 3v give equal rights to; of women and minorities 2Syn|Hyper emancipate change state, turn undergo a transformation or a change of position or action v release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition Syn|Hyper free, release bring forth, generate bring into existence |
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