| 单词 | free agent |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfree agent free agent n. (a) a person able to act freely, as by the exercise of free will, or because of the absence of restriction, constraint, or responsibilities; (b) Sport (originally and chiefly North American) a professional athlete who is not contractually bound to a particular team. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > other players server1585 free agent1649 benchwarmer1662 puncher1681 sticker1779 hard hitter1790 hitter1813 go-devil1835 beneficiaire1841 colt1846 heavyweight1857 stayer1862 left-hander1864 attack1869 cap1879 international1882 roadman1886 big leaguer1887 homester1887 sand lotter1887 badger1890 internationalist1892 repeater1893 anchorman1895 grandstander1896 stylist1897 homebrew1903 letterman1905 toss-loser1906 fouler1908 rookie1908 mudder1912 sharpshooter1912 pro-amateur1919 receiver1919 southpaw1925 freestyler1927 hotshot1927 active1931 all-timer1936 iceman1936 wild card1940 scrambler1954 rounder1955 franchise1957 call-up1960 trialist1960 non-import1964 sandbagger1965 rebel1982 wide-body1986 society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [noun] > one who acts freely libertine1612 free agent1649 thelemite1656 unreserved1756 volent1768 unrestrained1770 free-wheeler1938 1649 T. Fuller Just Mans Funeral 27 God..being a free Agent, he will vary the ways of his working, sometimes keeping men in the hour of temptation, sometimes from the hour of temptation. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. iii. §5 Considering man as a free agent. a1777 S. Foote Devil upon Two Sticks (1778) i. 3 In spite of the frippery French Salick laws, woman is a free agent. 1815 Ld. Byron Let. 21 Feb. (1975) IV. 70 I neither forbade nor encouraged him—but left him as I hitherto always had—a free agent. 1896 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 5 July 5/6 He can't join any other [club] because he is not a free agent. 1923 J. J. McGraw My Thirty Years in Baseball xxiii. 124 This made us free agents at the end of the season, giving us the right to go to another club or anywhere we pleased. 1988 Woman 13 Feb. 32/2 Dick had children and didn't particularly want more, and I felt I needed to be a free agent. 2006 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 23 Apr. viii. 11/1 Tallon revamped the Blackhawks' roster with nine free agents. < as lemmas |
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