footloose

英 [ˈfʊtluːs] 美 [ˈfʊtluːs]

adj.  行动无拘无束的; 自由自在的

TEM8

BNC.24954 / COCA.27582



牛津词典

adj.

  1. 行动无拘无束的;自由自在的
    free to go where you like or do what you want because you have no responsibilities
    1. Bert was a footloose, unemployed actor.
      伯特是不受雇于任何人的自由演员。
    2. Ah, I was still footloose and fancy-free (= free to enjoy myself) in those days.
      啊,那些日子我还是自由自在、无忧无虑的。

柯林斯词典

  1. ADJ-GRADED 无拘无束的;自由自在的;不受约束的
    If you describe someone as footloose, you mean that they have no responsibilities or commitments, and are therefore free to do what they want and go where they want.
    1. People that are single tend to be more footloose.
      单身的人往往更加无拘无束。
  2. PHRASE (单身的人)无拘无束的,自由自在的
    If you describe someone as footloose and fancy-free, you mean that they are not married or in a similar relationship, and you therefore consider them to have very few responsibilities or commitments.
    1. In the eyes of the public, a divorced man is footloose and fancy-free.
      在公众心目中,离婚的男人无牵无挂、自由自在。

双语例句

  1. People that are single tend to be more footloose.
    单身的人往往更加无拘无束。
  2. In the eyes of the public, a divorced man is footloose and fancy-free.
    在公众心目中,离婚的男人无牵无挂、自由自在。
  3. Footloose capital and digital communications had no respect for national borders.
    自由流动的资本和数字通信不受国界的束缚。
  4. Regional Integration, FDI and International Production Location: A Footloose Capital Model
    区域经济一体化、FDI与国际生产转移:一个自由资本模型
  5. A bachelor is a man who is footloose and fiancee-free.
    单身汉就是自由自在且没有未婚妻的男人。
  6. You will be footloose and fancy free soon enough.
    你很快就会自由自在,无拘无束了。
  7. However, further increases will only invite more footloose money.
    然而,进一步加息只会吸引更多游资进入。
  8. "Whoever gets a wife gets a good thing, and has the approval of the Lord." A bachelor is a man who is footloose and fiancee-free.
    得着贤妻的,是得着好处,也是蒙了耶和华的恩惠。单身汉就是自由自在且没有未婚妻的男人。
  9. I think I'll go hiking in Europe for my holidays; I'll probably go on my own, footloose and fancy-free.
    我想去欧洲度假作徒步旅行,我很可能会独自去,自由自在,无拘无束。
  10. Next we take a ride on the "boogey train" and join men like Kevin Bacon and John Travolta as they dance the night way in films such as Footloose and Saturday Night Fever.
    第二站,我们将登上“Boogey舞”的列车与《浑身是劲》中的凯文?贝肯和《周末夜疯狂》中的约翰?特拉沃尔塔一起忘情的舞动。
  11. Presumably, countries that attract more foreign direct investment suffer less than those that have a greater amount of footloose portfolio investment or short-term bank lending.
    据估计,有大量外资直接投资的国家会比有大量自由组合投资或者短期银行贷款的国家所承受的风险要少。
  12. I did all the socializing bit when I was younger and footloose and fancy-free.
    我年轻的时候,自由自在,参加各种社交活动。
  13. We were supposed to go see footloose.
    我们本来该去看《浑身是劲》的。
  14. Here she was, at forty, footloose and fancy-free in New York.
    她那时在纽约,年届四十,自由自在,无拘无束。
  15. She's still footloose and fancyfree.
    她还是那样自由自在,无拘无束。
  16. I have adapted myself to this footloose life, it made me became lazy and ignorant, so sometimes I felt happy, sometimes I was not in the mood.
    习惯了自由自在的生活,变的懒惰了许多,本来胸无点墨的我变的更加的肤浅、无知。所以才有了今天的患得患失、喜怒无常。
  17. Now that she's divorced, she's footloose.
    既然离婚了,她也就自由了。
  18. It should not be denied that being footloose has always exhilarated us.
    不可否认,无疆行走总是让人振奋。
  19. The country would not be the only one bidding for footloose global capital: one competitor would be Britain, which is cutting Corporation taxes swiftly.
    苏格兰不会是想要得到自由全球资本的唯一国家:英国正在迅速降减企业税,将成为它的竞争者之一。
  20. Since my divorce I've been really happy-footloose and fancy-free again!
    自从离婚后我真正地快乐&再一次自由自在且无拘无束的!
  21. Americans have always been a footloose people always moving on; a footloose young man eager to see the big city.
    美国人总是不断跑来跑去、自由自在;自由自由的年轻人想要看看大城市。
  22. But the parts of the financial system critical to the real economy those, for example, that lend to businesses are not so footloose.
    但金融体系中对实体经济至关重要的那些业务例如向企业放贷并非完全不受地域限制。
  23. There is little evidence that the footloose wealthy from other parts of Europe want to live in Scandinavia.
    鲜有证据显示欧洲其他国家的富人愿意居住在斯堪的纳维亚地区。
  24. Like east coast coal mines, it can be attractive to be footloose and fancy-free-provided you have alternatives and as long as you are not required to make serious investments that are specific to the relationship.
    就像东海岸的煤矿一样,如果你有多种选择,而且不必为这种关系做出大笔专项投资,自由自在、天马行空可能颇具吸引力。
  25. I am still working for Sanderson's and liking it well enough-though occasionally pinning for the footloose days of long ago.
    我还在桑德森公司工作,而且工作很称心&虽然偶尔我也会渴望从前自由自在的日子。
  26. The glass towers of the City of London have more in common with the multinational benches of a top-flight football club, with all the footloose selfishness that implies ( albeit with fewer tattoos).
    伦敦城玻璃塔与顶级足球俱乐部的多国席位拥有越来越多共同之处,拥有所有的散漫和自私(虽然纹身很少)。
  27. I am like a fish, footloose visit around in the ocean.
    我像一条鱼,自由自在的在大海中游来游去。
  28. Modern finance is a footloose industry, so the threat seems at least partially credible.
    现代金融业不受地域限制,因此,这种威胁至少在一定程度上还是有威慑力的。
  29. Did you grow up in that footloose town?
    你是在尼姑庵长大的?
  30. With a pleasing circularity, footloose Americans based in Europe could be among the entrepreneurs who bolster the continent's high-tech credentials.
    由于相互之间的交流令人满意,在欧洲的那些自由自在的美国人可能成为创业者,提振欧洲在高科技方面的资历。

英英释义

adj

  1. free to go or do as one pleases
    1. Americans have always been a footloose people always moving on
    2. a footloose young man eager to see the big city