Word · Frequency #11320
freelances
自由职业者
freelances is the plural of freelance.
a person who works independently for different clients rather than being employed by one company under a long-term contract
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Someone who sells their services to clients without a long-term employment contract.
向客户出售服务而不受长期雇佣合同约束的人。
向客户出售服务而不受长期雇佣合同约束的人。;自由作家;自由投稿
In use
He worked as a freelance for several years before starting his own company.
Many freelances struggle with finding consistent work.
She decided to become a freelance to have more flexibility.
work as a freelance
也可用 work freelance,但前者更正式。
She works as a freelance for several magazines.
她为几家杂志社做自由撰稿人。
a freelance [profession]
freelance 作形容词修饰职业名词。
He is a freelance photographer.
他是一名自由摄影师。
go freelance
go freelance 表示转变为自由职业者。
After years at the company, she decided to go freelance.
在公司工作多年后,她决定做自由职业。
Common mistakes
He is freelance.He is a freelance.
Freelance 作为可数名词时,前面需要不定冠词 a。虽然 freelance 也可用作形容词,但在此表示‘自由职业者’的身份时,必须使用名词形式并加冠词。
There are many freelance in this industry.There are many freelances in this industry.
Freelance 作为可数名词,复数形式为 freelances。汉语中‘自由职业者’可泛指,但英语中名词复数需加 -s,否则语法不正确。
Connections
Collocations
- freelance journalist
- 自由职业记者
- The news agency relies on freelance journalists to cover events in remote areas.这家通讯社依靠自由职业记者报道偏远地区的事件。
- work as a freelance
- 以自由职业者身份工作
- After leaving the agency, he worked as a freelance.离开代理机构后,他做起了自由职业。
- hire a freelance
- 聘用自由职业者
- The company decided to hire a freelance for the website design.公司决定聘用一名自由职业者来做网站设计。
Synonyms
- independent contractor
- 独立承包人 · 比 freelance 更正式,强调按合同为某个客户或项目服务,常用于建筑、IT 等领域;freelance 更常见于写作、设计等创意职业。
- contractor
- 承包人;承包商 · 范围比 freelance 广,既可指个人也可指公司;不强调“自主”或“自由”,只强调承包关系,且常涉及工程或项目。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记法:free(自由)+lance(长矛),想象一位自由骑士扛着长矛四处接活,没有长期雇佣合同。
Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:职业介绍、工作安排讨论、创意行业 作名词表示自由职业者时,通常出现在书面或职业介绍中;日常口语更常说 freelancer。此用法整体偏中性,不算正式也不随意。
Grammar Note
可数名词,常指自由职业者。
Pronunciation & Spelling
在美式英语中,lance、glance、dance、trance、enhance 的 -ance 发 /æns/,它们互相押韵;balance 的 -ance 发 /əns/,是拼写相同但读音不同的常用词。freelance 读作 /ˈfriːlæns/,重音在第一个音节,因此虽然词尾拼作 -lance,但不与这些单音节词押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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