If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money it values more, it will lose that too.
——Maugham
如果国家对任何事的评估高於自由,它会丧失自由;讽刺的是,如果它评估高的是安逸或金钱,它也会丧失安逸或金钱。
——毛姆
一、下面我们来看看freedom的意思是什么
n.
1.自由,自主[U]
They have an air of freedom, and they have not a dreary commitment to mean ambitions or love of comfort.
他们自由自在,不沽名钓誉或贪图享受。
2.自由权;特权,特许[U]
In this sense, property right equals to freedom, as is defined by law.
因而,财产权就是自由权,这是法律的维度内所界定的。
3.直率
二、freedom的常见短语,你会用吗?
freedom of the press n.出版自由
degree of freedom n.自由度
academic freedom n.学术自由
freedom fighter n.自由战士
freedom of the seas n.公海自由
三、学会freedom的用法了吗?来做个小测试吧
She bartered away her for wealth.
她为财富而出卖了自由。
These words will endure as long as people live who love .
只要热爱自由的人们还活着,这些话语将是永恒的。