freelance

freelance
[ˈfriːlɑːns]
adjective
  1. working for different companies at different times rather than being permanently employed by one company
    做自由职业者的
    a freelance journalist.
    自由撰稿新闻记者。
    ■independent or uncommitted in politics or personal life
    (在政治或个人生活方面)独立的;自由的
adverb
  1. earning one's living in such a way
    靠做自由职业者谋生地
    I work freelance from home.
    我在家靠做自由职业者谋生。
noun
  1. a person who earns their living in such a way
    自由职业者
  2. (historical)a medieval mercenary
    (史)中世纪的雇佣兵
verb
  1. [no obj.]earn one's living as a freelance
    当自由职业者谋生
语源
  1. early 19th cent. (denoting a mercenary): originally as two words
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