(freer /ˈfriːə(r)/, freest /ˈfriːɪst/) costing nothing不收费的◆Drug companies regularly give out free samples of their products.制药公司定期发放免费的产品试用样品。◆The website is free for personal use (but companies pay to use it).本网站免费供个人使用（但公司需付费使用）。able to move or be exchanged between people without restrictions自由的；不受约束的◆There is free movement of capital and labour within the European Union.欧盟内部资本和劳动力可以自由流动。◆a free flow of information信息的自由流通not containing or affected by sth harmful or unpleasant不含有害物的；不受影响的◆Our products are completely free from harmful chemicals.我们的产品完全不含有害化学物。◆Benefits received under the policy are free of tax.这条政策带来的好处是免税。-free (in adjectives 用于构成形容词) without the thing mentioned; not affected by the thing mentioned没有…的；不受…影响的◆a risk-free investment无风险的投资available to be used可使用的；空着的◆The software requires about 20 megabytes of free hard-disk space.这个软件大约需要 20 兆字节的可用硬盘空间。(about a person or a time) without particular plans or arrangements; not busy（人或时间）没有安排活动的，空闲的◆Keep Monday morning free for a meeting.把星期一上午空出来开会。 ●there's no such ˌthing as a free ˈlunchused to say that it is not possible to get sth for nothing没有免费的午餐（表示世上没有任何不付代价就能得到的东西） duty-free hands-free interest-free post-free smoke-free tax-free toll-free