freelance

英 [ˈfriːlɑːns]

美 [ˈfriːlæns]

adj.  特约的; 自由职业(者)的
v.  做特约工作; 从事自由职业
n.  自由作家; 自由记者

现在分词：freelancing　复数：freelances　过去分词：freelanced　过去式：freelanced　第三人称单数：freelances　

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牛津词典

adj.

• 特约的；自由职业（者）的
  earning money by selling your work or services to several different organizations rather than being employed by one particular organization
  1. a freelance journalist
     自由新闻工作者
  2. freelance work
     特约工作

verb

• 做特约工作；从事自由职业
  to earn money by selling your work to several different organizations

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 自由职业的;独立的
  Someone who doesfreelancework or who is, for example, afreelancejournalist or photographer is not employed by one organization, but is paid for each piece of work they do by the organization they do it for.
  1. Michael Cross is a freelance journalist...
     迈克尔·克罗斯是一名自由新闻记者。
  2. Jill was starting to get some freelance writing jobs from trade magazines...
     吉尔开始从一些行业杂志接点自由撰稿的活儿。
  3. She had a baby and decided to go freelance.
     她生了孩子后决定做一个自由职业者。
  4. Freelanceis also an adverb.
     
  5. He is now working freelance from his home in Hampshire.
     他现在在汉普郡的家里从事自由职业工作。
• 同freelancer
  Afreelanceis the same as afreelancer.
• VERB 从事自由职业;独立工作
  If youfreelance, you do freelance work.
  1. She has freelanced as a writer and researcher.
     她从事自由职业，一边写作，一边搞研究。

英英释义

noun

• a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
  Synonym:freelancerfree-lancefree lanceindependentself-employed person

verb

• work independently and on temporary contracts rather than for a long-term employer

adj

• working for yourself
  Synonym:free-lanceself-employed

双语例句

• Most of our editorial workers freelance here.
  我们这儿的编辑部人员大多数是自由职业者。
• Michael Cross is a freelance journalist
  迈克尔·克罗斯是一名自由新闻记者。
• She gets enormous pleasure out of working freelance
  做自由职业者让她体会到无穷的快乐。
• She had a baby and decided to go freelance.
  她生了孩子后决定做一个自由职业者。
• I'm a freelance photographer.
  我是自由摄影师。
• He gave up his regular job in order to freelance.
  他放弃了正式的工作，做起了自由职业。
• You know what? My father is a freelance writer too.
  太棒了！你知道吗，我父亲也是个作家。
• I'm a freelance writer.
  我是自由作家。
• As a cover story he generally tells people he is a freelance photographer.
  为掩饰身份，他一般对外称自己是一名自由摄影师。
• Now she has a team of 12 full-time and freelance workers, including designers, animators and developers.
  目前她有一个包括12名全职员工和自由职业者的团队，包括设计师、动画设计师和程序员。