unfree
/ˌʌnˈfriː/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌʌnˈfriː/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌən-ˈfrē/ (ame, mw)
unfree — 形容詞
- unfreepositive
- more unfreecomparative
- most unfreesuperlative
1. unable to choose, speak, or act for yourself because another person, rule, or sy
不自由的
受限制，不能自主
unable to choose, speak, or act for yourself because another person, rule, or system controls you
After the coup, Hassan felt unfree to speak his mind online.
政變後，Hassan 覺得自己連在網路上直說想法都不自由。
feel unfree to + verb when choice is blocked
Under the camp rules, Anna was unfree after sunset and could not leave.
在營地規定下，Anna 日落後便不再自由，不能離開。
The press stayed unfree under the new military law.
在新的軍法下，新聞界一直處於不自由的狀態。
Minh grew up in an unfree state where officials opened private letters.
Minh 在一個官員會拆看私人信件的不自由國家長大。
The students remained unfree because every club needed police approval.
每個社團都要先拿到警方批准，所以學生們並不自由。
- restricted
Often points to a specific rule or limit rather than a whole social condition.
- controlled
Stresses outside direction more than personal liberty.
- oppressed
Stronger, with a clearer sense of injustice or cruelty.
- free
Basic opposite for personal or civil liberty.
文法句型
feel unfree to + verb
be unfree under + system or law
用法筆記
Often used in formal writing about societies, speech, travel, or political life. It suggests that liberty is blocked by outside power, not just by a small inconvenience.
2. describing work or workers kept in service by force, debt, law, or ownership ins
強迫勞動的
與被迫做工有關
describing work or workers kept in service by force, debt, law, or ownership instead of free choice
The report compared plantation debt to unfree labor in nearby mines.
那份報告把種植園的債務制度，比作附近礦場的強迫勞動。
unfree labor in historical systems
Historians study how unfree workers built the canal by hand.
歷史學家研究那些強迫勞動的工人如何徒手挖運河。
The museum explains why unfree labor lasted after the war.
博物館說明為什麼戰後強迫勞動仍持續存在。
Court records show unfree children sold with their parents.
法院紀錄顯示，那些孩子和父母一起被賣進強迫勞動制度。
Maeve wrote about unfree servants on sugar farms in Barbados.
Maeve 寫到巴貝多斯甘蔗農場上從事強迫勞動的僕役。
- free
Used when workers can leave or choose their work.
文法句型
unfree labor
unfree workers
用法筆記
Usually appears before words like labor, worker, servant, or population in historical discussion. It often covers slavery, serfdom, or debt bondage rather than ordinary hard work.
unfree — 名詞
1. people living under another person's control, especially enslaved people
被奴役者
尤指奴隸等不自由的人
people living under another person's control, especially enslaved people
The uprising began when the unfree refused to harvest more cotton.
當被奴役者拒絕再去採更多棉花時，起義就開始了。
the + unfree as a group noun
A wall painting shows the unfree carrying stones to the palace.
一幅壁畫描繪被奴役者把石頭搬往王宮。
The law divided the town into citizens, foreigners, and the unfree.
那條法律把城裡的人分成公民、外來者和被奴役者。
In her essay, Anjali asked how the unfree kept family ties alive.
在她的文章裡，Anjali 問被奴役者如何維持家庭聯繫。
Rohan traced the songs the unfree sang at night.
Rohan 追查被奴役者在夜裡唱的歌。
- freemen
Historical opposite for people with legal freedom.
文法句型
the unfree
用法筆記
Most often used as the unfree in history or political writing, not as a regular count noun like one unfree or two unfree. It refers to a social class rather than one named person.