喜樂美語

From the word’s history

From Middle English frely, from Old English frēolīċe 'freely, readily'; free + -ly.

源自古英文 frēolīċe「自由地」，就是 free 加上 -ly。

Wiktionary

You can picture freely as a path with nothing standing in it. Nobody is holding you back and no rule is drawing a line, so you move, speak or act as much as you like and in the direction you choose. The same empty path then explains a hinge that turns without catching, a thing so that nothing stands between people and getting it, and words that come out without anything holding them in.

可以想成一條前面沒有東西擋著的路：沒有人抓住你，也沒有規矩畫線，所以你要走多遠、往哪走、講多少，都由自己決定。這條「空著的路」之後長出好幾層——門軸轉起來不卡，是機械上的沒阻力；東西多到誰都拿得到，是取得上的沒阻礙；把難講的話講出來、把手上的東西給出去，則是心裡那道閘門也沒關著。

登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。

同家族的字

意思相近

openlygenerouslyindependentlywillinglyunrestrictedlyreadilysmoothlygladlyeasilyunhindered

意思相反

stifflyreluctantlygrudgingly

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。

freelyadj詞源 1/ˈfɹiːli/

  • 1

    Free; frank.

  • 2

    Generous; noble; excellent; beautiful; lovely.

freelyadv詞源 2/ˈfɹiːli/

  • 1

    In a free manner.

    • Wine was flowing freely.
  • 2

    Without interference or restriction.

    • talk freely
    • I found that the Chapelon steamed almost too freely, because on a strange locomotive and road one usually tends to overfire a little through a natural lack of confidence.
  • 3

    Of one's own free will.

    • I will freely help you.

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