emancipate /ɪˈmænsɪˌpeɪt/ CET6 TEM4 ( emancipating, emancipated, emancipates )

• 1. 

  V-T If people are emancipated, they are freed from unpleasant or unfair social, political, or legal restrictions. 解放 [正式]

  例：

  Catholics were emancipated in 1792.

  天主教徒在1792年获得了解放。

  例：

  That war preserved the Union and emancipated the slaves.

  那场战争保住了联邦政府，解放了奴隶。

• 2. 

  emancipation N-UNCOUNT 解放 [oft N 'of' n]

  例：

  ...the emancipation of women.

  …妇女的解放。