liberating
liberating — 形容詞
1. Giving you a strong sense that pressure or old rules have fallen away, so you ca
有解放感
讓人擺脫壓力或舊規範、覺得更自由
Giving you a strong sense that pressure or old rules have fallen away, so you can act more naturally and choose for yourself.
Leaving the phone at home felt liberating during Kenji's walk by the sea.
把手機留在家裡，讓 Kenji 在海邊散步時覺得很有解放感。
feel liberating during + freeing situation
For Reema, cutting her hair short was a liberating change after years of rules.
對 Reema 來說，在多年規矩之後把頭髮剪短，是個很有解放感的改變。
a liberating change after + restriction
The small studio apartment was liberating because Lien finally owned only what she used.
那間小套房很有解放感，因為 Lien 終於只留下自己真正會用的東西。
Jabari found the quiet train ride liberating after a week of constant meetings.
經過一整週沒完沒了的會議後，Jabari 覺得那段安靜的火車旅程很有解放感。
- freeing
closest everyday synonym and often used for emotional release
- empowering
stresses gaining confidence or agency, not only relief from limits
- refreshing
weaker and often about relief or pleasant contrast rather than freedom
- exhilarating
stronger and more exciting, with extra energy rather than calm freedom
- restrictive
limiting what someone can do or choose
- stifling
suggesting pressure that makes natural action difficult
- oppressive
much stronger and often linked to unfair control
文法句型
feel + liberating
a liberating + experience / change / choice
用法筆記
Usually describes experiences, choices, or changes that remove social or personal pressure. Unlike the verb senses, it describes the quality of something that makes you feel freer, not the act of setting people or substances free.
常見錯誤
liberating — 動詞
1. To remove the control, captivity, or unfair limits that have been keeping people
解放；釋放
使人或地方擺脫控制、囚禁或束縛
To remove the control, captivity, or unfair limits that have been keeping people, groups, or places from living freely.
The local fighters were liberating villages along the river before winter arrived.
冬天來臨前，當地戰士正沿著河岸解放一座座村莊。
liberate + place from outside control
By noon, the court ruling was already liberating women from the old travel ban.
到了中午，那項法院裁決已經在讓女性擺脫那條舊旅行禁令。
liberate + group + from + unfair rule
The rescue team kept liberating trapped miners through a narrow tunnel all night.
整整一夜，救援隊都在透過狹窄的隧道釋放受困礦工。
Online classes are liberating some rural students from six hours of bus travel.
線上課程正讓一些偏鄉學生擺脫每天六小時的巴士通勤。
- free
broad everyday verb for removing restraint
- release
often used for letting someone out, with less emphasis on injustice
- rescue
focuses on saving from danger, not always on gaining long-term freedom
- emancipate
more formal and often used for legal or political freedom
文法句型
liberate + person / place + from + control
be liberating + people / places
用法筆記
Usually takes people, groups, or places as its object and often names the prison, occupation, rule, or burden after 'from'. Distinguish from verb/2, where the thing being released is gas, energy, or another substance rather than people.
常見錯誤
2. To cause gas, heat, energy, or another substance to come out of the material or
釋出；放出
使氣體、熱能或物質從原本束縛處出來
To cause gas, heat, energy, or another substance to come out of the material or state that had been holding it.
Heating the wet wood was liberating steam that clouded the kitchen windows.
加熱那塊濕木頭時，正釋出水蒸氣，把廚房窗戶都弄得霧濛濛。
liberate + steam / gas through heating
The damaged battery was liberating gas inside Selim's backpack.
那顆受損電池正在 Selim 的背包裡放出氣體。
liberate + gas from damaged object
As the tablets dissolved, they were liberating bubbles into the water.
那些錠片溶解時，正把氣泡釋出到水裡。
The small press was liberating oil from the seeds in the shed.
那台小型壓榨機正在棚子裡把油從種子中釋出。
文法句型
liberate + gas / heat / energy
be liberating + substance + from + material
用法筆記
Most often appears in technical or science contexts where heat, pressure, or a reaction causes something stored in a material to come out. Unlike verb/1, the object is a substance or energy, not a person or community.