| 词组 | freedom |
| 释义 | freedom Freedom is used with a number of prepositions, but use with of occurs far more often than with any other: • There is a great deal of fuss nowadays about freedom of speech —T. S. Eliot, "Charles Whibley," Selected Essays, 1932 Among other prepositional combinations, those occurring most often are for, from, in, and to. The collocation freedom to is usually followed by an infinitive: • His political philosophy revolves around the concept of freedom for the individual —Current Biography, February 1966 • ... a reasonably stable government, the keeping of the peace and at least a modicum of efficiency and freedom from graft —Elspeth Huxley, N.Y. Times Mag., 18 July 1954 • ... freedom in thought, the liberty to try and err, the right to be his own man —H. L. Mencken, Prejudices: Second Series, 1920 • ... follow the Kremlin's political line as a price for their limited freedom to preach and teach —Tom Whitney, Wall Street Jour., 25 Mar. 1954 |
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