| 单词 | emancipate |
| 释义 | emancipate (once / 476 pages) v If you emancipate someone, you set them free from something. At the end of the Civil War, slaves were emancipated and became free men and women. If you break down emancipate, you have e- "out," -man- from the Latin manus "hand," and -cip- from the Latin verb "to take." Put it together, and you have "to be taken out of someone's hands" — a good definition of freedom. The American Revolution was about colonists emancipating themselves from British rule. As a legal term, if a child is emancipated, he or she is declared independent from parental control. WORD FAMILYemancipate: emancipated, emancipates, emancipating, emancipation, emancipative, emancipator+/emancipation: emancipationist, emancipations/emancipationist: emancipationists/emancipator: emancipators USAGE EXAMPLES“Digital technology virtually emancipated us,” said Mr. Diaz, who is known for his experimental slow-cinema style. New York Times(Nov 28, 2016) Lawyers wrote a “To Whom It May Concern Letter” that said the minor is emancipated without a court order. Washington Times(Nov 16, 2016) On Feb. 19, 1866, President Andrew Johnson vetoed an extension of the Freedmen’s Bureau, a pioneering federal agency that assisted emancipated African Americans. Time(Nov 11, 2016) 1v free from slavery or servitude Syn|Hyper manumit liberate, set free grant freedom to 2v give equal rights to; of women and minorities Syn|Hyper liberate change state, turn undergo a transformation or a change of position or action |
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