| 单词 | liberty |
| 释义 | liberty (once / 62 pages) 1n 2n 3n Liberty is a kind of freedom, whether it's freedom from tyranny, freedom from confinement, or simply the freedom of choice. The phrase "give me liberty or give me death" is attributed to Patrick Henry, whose 1775 speech persuaded the Virginia colony to raise troops to fight the British in the American Revolutionary War. For sailors and naval officers, liberty means shore leave — a brief vacation on land between voyages. We also use this noun to describe the act of getting a little too familiar or personal with someone, or doing something before we have their approval or permission. WORD FAMILYliberty: liberate, libertarian, liberties+/liberate: liberated, liberates, liberating, liberation, liberator/liberation: liberations/liberator: liberators/libertarian: libertarianism, libertarians USAGE EXAMPLESThe next year, they encouraged friends Rusty Wilson and Denise Simone to relocate their theater company to Idaho to perform on the Liberty’s thrust stage. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Liberty kept its lead between 11 and 15 from there. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) Onlookers donning oversized 2017 eyeglasses and green Statue of Liberty hats were screened by police Saturday afternoon ahead of the midnight bash. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1n freedom of choice liberty of opinion liberty of worship liberty--perfect liberty--to think or feel or do just as one pleases at liberty to choose whatever occupation one wishes Hypo|Hyper licence, license freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech) latitudefreedom from normal restraints in conduct licence, licenseexcessive freedom; lack of due restraint discretionfreedom to act or judge on one's own rununrestricted freedom to use poetic licenselicense used by a writer or artist to heighten the effect of their work freedom the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints 2n personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression Hyper freedom the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints 3n immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper autonomy self-determination, self-government, self-rule government of a political unit by its own people sovereigntygovernment free from external control local optionfreedom of a local government to determine by popular vote the applicability of a controversial law in their jurisdiction home ruleself-government in local matters by a city or county that is part of a national government independence, independency freedom from control or influence of another or others n an act of undue intimacy 3Syn|Hyper familiarity, impropriety, indecorum misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed improper or wicked or immoral behavior n leave granted to a sailor or naval officer Syn|Hyper shore leave leave, leave of absence the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty |
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