Born a free man, he was now in chains.
他生來本是個(gè)自由人,如今卻戴上了鐐銬。
高三英語課文 Unit 14 Roots

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born [b?rn] 詞頻1 詞根: /b?/
vt. bear的過去分詞;支撐,支持;親自攜帶,運(yùn)輸; vi. 結(jié)果,生產(chǎn);和…有關(guān); adj. 出生的,出身于…的;天生的,天賦的;
"Sam was born in the country and had a deep affinity with nature."
薩姆在鄉(xiāng)下出生,特別喜愛大自然。
近義:inborn, inbred, inchoate, innate, congenital, connate
free [fri] 詞頻1
adj. 自由的;免費(fèi)的;免稅的;空閑的; adv. 免費(fèi)地;自由地,無拘束地;一帆風(fēng)順地; vt. 免除;釋放;使自由;解救;
"I have given him a free hand in the matter."
我讓他在這件事情上放手干.
近義:liberate, loose, save, deliver, emancipate, enfranchise 反義:immure, apprehend, incarcerate, jail, arrest, mew
chains
n. 枷鎖;聯(lián)營(yíng)企業(yè);縫條;鏈條(chain的復(fù)數(shù))
近義:peonage, slavery, thraldom, thrall, thralldom, vassalage

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