lib Idioma

at liberty

free to speak or act, allowed to speak Are you at liberty to tell us who won? Can you tell us?

take liberties

act toward someone in too close or friendly a manner, use someone as one would a close friend or something of one

deliberate on

consider；think over carefully 仔细考虑
We are still deliberating over the matter．我们仍在仔细考虑这个问题。
We have deliberated on your proposal．我们对你的建议已经仔细考虑了。

deliberate on/over/upon

deliberate over

deliberate upon

take liberties with

be free with 对…举止随便；调戏
The rascal was punished for taking liberties with a girl．那个流氓因调戏一位姑娘而受到了惩处。
You must stop taking liberties with her．你切勿对她太随便。
Don't take liberties with the young lady．不要调戏那位小姐。

take the liberty to do doing

do sth． with ungranted and sometimes improper familiarity冒昧；冒失
Please excuse me for taking the liberty to write to you．恕我冒昧写信给你。
I took the liberty of borrowing your dictionary while you are absent．你不在时我冒昧借用了你的词典。

take the liberty to do/of doing

take the liberty to of doing

take the liberty of

Idiom(s): take the liberty of doing sth

Theme: BEHAVIOR

to assume the right to do something.
• Since I knew you were arriving late, I took the liberty of securing a hotel room for you.
• May I take the liberty of addressing you by your first name?

ad lib

v. phr. To improvise; interpolate during speech. When the actress forgot her lines during the second act, she had to ad lib in order to keep the show going.

at liberty|liberty

adv. or adj. phr. Free to go somewhere or do something; not shut in or stopped. The police promised to set the man at liberty if he told the names of the other robbers. I am sorry, but I am not at liberty to come to your party.
Compare: AT LARGE¹.

take liberties|liberties|take

v. phr. To act toward in too close or friendly a manner; use as you would use a close friend or something of your own. Mary would not let any boy take liberties with her. Bill took liberties with Tom's bicycle.
Compare: MAKE FREE WITH.

liberty

liberty
see at liberty; take the liberty of.