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    /ˈfriːlæns/ · /ˈfriːlɑːns/

    working for different companies or people, not as a full-time worker for only one company.

    自由接案的

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現， 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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核心畫面

You can picture a knight whose lance is not sworn to any one lord. He owns his weapon, and he takes his skill from one battle to the next, paid job by job. A freelance worker carries their own tools and skill the same way: no single employer owns them, and the work arrives one contract at a time.

可以想成一個騎士，手上的長矛不屬於任何一位領主。武器是他自己的，哪裡有仗打就去哪裡，一場一場地接、一場一場地拿錢。f…更多收起可以想成一個騎士，手上的長矛不屬於任何一位領主。武器是他自己的，哪裡有仗打就去哪裡，一場一場地接、一場一場地拿錢。freelance 的工作方式就是這個畫面：技能和工具都在自己身上，沒有一家公司「擁有」你，案子一件一件來。

From the word’s history

Sir Walter Scott seems to have coined 'free-lance' in Ivanhoe (1820) for a medieval mercenary — free = bound to no lord, lance = his spear. The figurative use starts in 1864, and by 1882 it was being used of journalists.

「free-lance」據考是 Walter Scott 在小說《撒克遜英雄傳》（Ivanhoe, 1820）裡造出來的，指中世紀的傭兵：free 是「不隸屬任何領主」，lance 是他手上的長矛。1864 年開始有比喻用法，1882 年拿來講記者，才慢慢變成今天「自由接案」的意思。

Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com/word/freelance

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

freelancenoun/ˈfɹiːlɑːns/

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    Someone who sells their services to clients without a long-term employment contract.

    • The objector, one Millworthy, a free-lance of journalism, was not to be so easily silenced.
    • The person you are revising (the revisee) is a colleague at your own rank, or another freelance.
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    historicalA medieval mercenary.

    • I—I offered Richard the service of my Free Lances, and he refused them—I will lead them to Hull, seize on shipping, and embark for Flanders; […] Trust me, Estoteville alone has strength enough to drive all thy Free Lances into the Humber.

freelanceadj/ˈfɹiːlɑːns/

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    Of or relating to a freelance; without a long-term employment contract.

    • He was a freelance writer for several magazines.
    • Both work -- Jenny as a freelance writer from home, Marc full-time-plus as a civil engineer with a long commute. Jenny also takes care of their four sons, ages 20 months to 9 years, and homeschools the two oldest.

freelanceverb/ˈfɹiːlɑːns/

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    To work as a freelance.

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    To produce or sell services as a freelance.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。