emancipated(形容词):获得解放的;被解除束缚的(常指从奴役、法律控制、社会或家庭限制中获得自由)。也可指思想上更独立、更不受传统观念约束。
/ɪˈmæn.sə.peɪ.tɪd/
She felt emancipated after leaving the strict school.
离开那所严格的学校后,她感到获得了解放。
Emancipated by new laws, many former dependents could finally make decisions about their own work and education.
在新法律的解放下,许多曾经受制于人的人终于能为自己的工作和教育做决定。
emancipated 来自动词 emancipate,源于拉丁语 emancipare,由 *e-*(“出、离开”)+ mancipare(“转让/交付所有权”,与“占有、控制”相关)构成,原意与“从某种控制或所有权下释放出来”有关,后来引申为社会、法律与思想层面的“解放”。