| 单词 | liberated |
| 释义 | liberated (once / 1448 pages) adj Liberated describes something that's free from traditional social conventions. If you are a truly liberated dresser, you don't feel any pressure to wear conservative clothes just because that's what everyone else does. A liberated woman refers to a feminist who pushes for more equality for women. In the 1960s, a wave of liberated women fought sexism in culture and politics and tried to change expectations of what women should be both inside and outside the home. Liberated can also describe something that's freed from occupation by an enemy. For example, a country might be liberated from guerilla rule by UN forces. WORD FAMILYliberate: liberated, liberates, liberating, liberation, liberator+/liberation: liberations/liberator: liberators/libertarian: libertarianism, libertarians/liberty: liberate, libertarian, liberties USAGE EXAMPLESThe site, though liberated last month from the extremists, is reduced to rubble, largely unguarded and vulnerable to looters. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) Its flags flutter over the checkpoints along the newly liberated rural roads and at the military bases closest to the front lines. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) They were among the first places to be liberated from the Islamic State earlier this year. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) 1adj free from traditional social restraints a liberated lifestyle Syn emancipated free able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint 2adj (of a gas e.g.) released from chemical combination Syn free unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion |
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