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单词 footloose
释义
footloose
adjective
uk
/ˈfʊt.luːs/us
/ˈfʊt.luːs/
freeto do what you like and go where you like because you have noresponsibilities:
自由自在的，无拘无束的
My sister'smarriedbut I'm still footlooseandfancy-free.我姐姐结婚了，但我仍然是自由自在、无拘无束的。
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(Definition offootloosefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

footloose| American Dictionary

footloose
adjective
us
/ˈfʊtˌlus/
freeto do whatpleasesyou or go where you like:
He’sableto go from footloosefarmboyin themorningtoconcernedbusinessmanin theafternoon.
(Definition offootloosefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffootloose

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From this comes the wordfootloose, the sailor's term for somebody who is less easily controlled.
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Transport costs andfootloosebehaviour are not the whole story.
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Governments that want to compensate these losers now confront thefootloosecapital that shrinks the tax base and penalizes deficit spending.
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The latter, while attempting to insulate their territory from the volatility of the international economy, are forced to compete forfootloosecapital.
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They are nowfootloosefinancial institutions with little commitment to those places that grew them, invested in them and developed them over 120 years.
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The limited amount offootlooseindustry available, which is becoming increasingly limited, will now have to be spread even more widely.
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Above all, the problem is that we do not have that manyfootlooseindustries, nationally or internationally.
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Because of new technology, many of the activities of the civil service are essentiallyfootlooseand could effectively be located anywhere.
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Given the nature of business growth, many larger businesses are now becoming much morefootloose.
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They would help indigenous industries and local enterprise rather thanfootlooselarge companies.
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Devolution affects us because it increases competition for public spending and provides the development that attracts thefootlooseindustries that we need.
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There were 21.5 millionfootloosepeople at the end of the war in 1945.
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It is clear that we need not only to relocatefootlooseindustry but to develop new enterprise in the inner urban areas.
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They are not likely to be adventurous,footloose, or mobile if they have suffered an economic shock.
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Expansion plans were rejected overnight, andfootlooseindustry suddenly became cemented where it was.
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