| 单词 | free agent |
| 释义 | free agentSEE SYNONYMS FOR free agent ON THESAURUS.COM nouna person who is self-determining and is not responsible for his or her actions to any authority. a professional athlete who is not under contract and is free to auction off his or her services and sign a contract with the team that offers the most money. Origin of free agentFirst recorded in 1840–50 OTHER WORDS FROM free agentfree agency, free agentry, nounWords nearby free agentFredet-Ramstedt operation, Fredonia, Fredric, Fredrikstad, free, free agent, free air, free-air correction, free alongside ship, free and clear, free and easy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for free agent
British Dictionary definitions for free agentfree agent nouna person whose actions are not constrained by others Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with free agentfree agent A person not under compulsion or constraint, not responsible to any authority for his or her actions. For example, After he quit his job, he decided to pursue the same line of work as a free agent. Originally used to describe a person subject to the philosophic concept of free will (as opposed to determinism), this expression was first recorded in 1662. Later it was extended to mean “someone not under obligation to an authority.” A professional athlete who is free to sign a contract with any team. For example, After he was released from the Yankees, he was a free agent and could shop around for the team that offered the most money. [Second half of 1900s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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