freelance

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n. 自由作家, 自由投稿, 自由职业者 a. 自由投稿的

发音

UK /ˈfɹiːlɑːns/
其它
US /ˈfɹiˌlæns/

词形变化

freelances 复数 freelances freelanced freelances 三单 freelancing freelancing 现在分词 freelanced 过去式 freelanced 过去分词 more freelance 比较级 most freelance 最高级

别名

free lance free-lance

教材释义与例句

名词

自由作家；自由记者

形容词

自由投稿的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

  2. 2.

    A medieval mercenary.

    历史
v.
  1. 1.

    To work as a freelance.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To produce or sell services as a freelance.

    及物
adj.
  1. 1.

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

    He was a freelance writer for several magazines.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

independent freelancer

上位词 1

worker
动词

上位词 1

work
形容词

同义词 2

mercenary self-employed

反义词 1

salaried

近义相关 1

paid

词源

From free + lance. Coined by Walter Scott (1771–1832) in Ivanhoe (1819; see quotation) to describe a medieval mercenary warrior or "free-lance" (indicating that the lance is not sworn to any lord's services). It changed to a figurative noun around the 1860s and was recognized as a verb in 1903 by authorities such as the Oxford English Dictionary. In modern times the term has morphed into an adjective, a verb, and an adverb, as well as the derivative noun freelancer.

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