被允許做某事
焦點從「沒人管我」移到「這件事我獲准做」：門是開的，但這裡強調的是有沒有得到那把鑰匙。
be at liberty to do something · noun · B2
Allowed to do something, or having the right to do it.
有權（做某事）
核心畫面
Picture a door with no lock and nobody standing at it: you may go, and no one has to say yes first. That is liberty — not just being able to act, but nobody holding the permission over you. Narrow it to one specific door and you get a legal right; open a door you were never handed the key to and you get taking a liberty; unlock the cage and the prisoner is at liberty.
可以想成：一扇沒有鎖、也沒有人看守的門——你要走就走，不必先問誰同意。liberty 的重點不只是「做得到」，而是「…更多收起
可以想成：一扇沒有鎖、也沒有人看守的門——你要走就走，不必先問誰同意。liberty 的重點不只是「做得到」，而是「沒有人握著准不准的權力」。把這扇門縮小成某一扇特定的門，就是法律給的權利；沒人給你鑰匙你卻自己推門進去，就是 take a liberty；把籠子打開，被關的人或動物就是 at liberty。From the picture
沒問就自己來
同一扇門，但這次鑰匙不在你手上：你自作主張推開了，於是自由變成了對別人的越界。
an impertinent act · noun · B2
Something you do without asking first, which might surprise or trouble another person.
擅自（做某事）
Also in this word
freedom · noun · B2
The freedom to live as you choose, without being controlled by those in power.
自由
legal right · noun · B2
A particular right that the law gives you, such as the right to say what you think.
（法律）權利／自由權
原始詞典資料25 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。
Libertyname
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A surname.
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A surname.
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A unisex given name.
- Then last came Liberty. What a name, Mason always thought. It was an invention of her mother's―a flighty woman who had run away from Porter with a hippie stereo salesman eight and a half years ago and discovered immediately afterward that she was two months pregnant.
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A unisex given name.
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A number of places in the United States, including:
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A number of places in the United States, including:
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A number of places in the United States, including:
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A number of places in the United States, including:
另外 8 個記錄的用法
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A number of places in the United States, including:
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A number of places in the United States, including:
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A number of places in the United States, including:
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A number of places in the United States, including:
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A number of places in the United States, including:
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A number of places in the United States, including:
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A number of places in the United States, including:
Libertynoun
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Used attributively to designate various items (especially textiles) sold by (or characteristic of) the Liberty department store in Regent Street, London.
- It had long been dismantled of the Liberty curtains, Persian rugs, and cheap Japaneseries.
- The piano was draped in Liberty silk and so was the chimney-piece.
libertynoun/ˈlɪbəti/
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The condition of being free.
- The army is here, your liberty is assured.
- Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that "all men are created equal"^([sic])
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The condition of being free from imprisonment, slavery or forced labour.
- The prisoners gained their liberty from an underground tunnel.
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The condition of being free to act, believe or express oneself as one chooses.
- Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
- I'd gie my ſhoon frae aff my feet, / To taſte ſic fruit, I ſwear, man. / Syne let us pray, auld England may / Sure plant this far-famed tree, man; / And blythe we'll ſing, and hail the day / That gave us liberty, man.
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Freedom from excessive government control.
- The threat of terrorism to the British lies in the overreaction to it of British governments. Each one in turn clicks up the ratchet of surveillance, intrusion and security. Each one diminishes liberty.
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A short period when a sailor is allowed ashore.
- We're going on a three-day liberty as soon as we dock.
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A breach of social convention.
- You needn't take such liberties.
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historicalA local division of government administration in medieval England.
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An empty space next to a group of stones of the same color.
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。