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单词 free agent
释义
free agent
noun[C]
uk
/ˌfriː ˈeɪ.dʒənt/us
/ˌfriː ˈeɪ.dʒənt/
aprofessionalsportsplayerwho does not have acontractwith anyparticularteam
（职业体育中）没有和任何队伍签约的选手
someone whoseactionsare notlimitedorcontrolledby anyoneelse
行动自由的人，自由人
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Freedom to act
(Definition offree agentfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

free agent| Business English

free agent
noun[C]
uk
us
someone who candecidefor themselves what they do, forexample, aworkerwho caneasilychoosewho toworkfor:
Now at the end of a one-yearcontract, he iseffectivelyafreeagentfromtomorrow.
(Definition offree agentfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffree agent

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The role of a moral "freeagent" was as distant from passivity as it was from autonomy.
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The replicant individual may be made to feel that he is less of afreeagent.
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It requires the preference of thefreeagentto be decisive independently of content and, under my reading, independently of context.
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Being afreeagent, this reason can only be found in the protagonist's preference for one alternative over the other.
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To be afreeagent, then, is just to have a capacity for practical reason, and for action on the basis of that reason.
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Furthermore, there was no instance of a court examining whether a minor had acted as a 'freeagent' in consenting to dedication as a temple dancing girl.
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The second component of my defence is a rejection of ' middle knowledge ', or knowledge of what afreeagentwould choose to do in various circumstances.
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He is afreeagent; the landowner is not.
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A local authority is not afreeagentin this respect.
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But, of course, the landlord is not afreeagent.
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It will be afreeagentin the same way as local authorities are free to decide their own rents at present.
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It will be afreeagentin every other sense.
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The committee wanted to pay and would have done so if it had been afreeagentat that time.
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It is advice which, no doubt, would have been given publicly if it had remained afreeagent.
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He is afreeagentin the matter.
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