free与freely的用法区别解析
区别一：free 可以用作形容词，但freely 不可用作形容词。free 用作形容词主要用法如下：
1. 自由的，无约束的
You are free to go or stay as you please. 你可以走也可以留下，随你便。
You’re free to choose your major. 你可以自由选择你的专业。
2. (时间或空间)空闲的，未被占用的
Will you be free this afternoon? 你今天下午有空吗？
There will be no rooms free in the hotel until after the holidays.
要在假期过后旅馆中才有空闲的房间。
3. 免费的，无偿的
You can eat free in my restaurant whenever you like.
你可以在任何时候来我们饭店免费用餐。
We enjoy free medical care. 我们享受免费医疗。
Admission to the concert is free. 音乐会是免费入场的。
4. 无…的，摆脱了…的
This district is free from air pollution. 这个地方是没有空气污染的。
The secretary was free from all blame for the errors. 这些失误完全不能怪秘书。
区别二：free 与 freely 都可用作副词，但有区别：
1. free 主要表示“免费地、自由地”。如：
The newspaper is distributed free. 本报免费发送。
The sick were allowed to pass free. 病人可以免费通过。
Children can get into the museum free. 儿童可以免费进入博物馆参观。
Children under five travel free.
五岁以下儿童乘客免费。
You can travel free with this special ticket. 你用这张特别的票可以免费旅行。
Buy two CDs and get another completely free. 购买两张激光唱片即可免费获赠一张。
The children ran free across the meadow.
孩子们自由地在草地上奔跑。
副词free一般位于动词之后。
2. 副词 freely 的主要用法有：（freely副词一般位于动词之后或之前也可以。）
(1) 不受限制地，自由地
EU citizens can now travel freely between member states.
欧盟国家的公民现在可以在成员国之间自由旅行。
Now that we are alone, we can speak freely. 现在我们单独在一起，可以随便谈了。
Conversation flowed freely when the speaker invited discussion. 演讲人请大家讨论，于是人人畅所欲言。
They cast their votes freely and without coercion on election day.
选举日那天他们自由地进行了投票，没有受到胁迫。
Merchandise can now circulate freely among the EU countries.
商品现在可以在欧盟各国自由流通。
59 per cent of people believed the pound should be allowed to float freely.
59%的人认为应该允许英镑自由浮动。
The princess was not recognized and mingled freely with the crowds.
公主没有人认出，随意混杂在人群之中。
They move freely from one department to another as they ascend the civil service ladder.
随着仕途晋升，他们可以在部门间随意调动。
The book is now freely available in the shops.
现在这本书在商店可以随时买到。
They used these words freely, often in front of their parents too.
这些语词他们随口即出，在父母面前也常常如此。
The sheep are allowed to roam freely on this land.
绵羊可以在这片地上自由走动。
(2) 不受干扰地，通畅地，无阻地
Water flowed freely from the pipe. 水从管道里通畅地流了出来。
Conversation flowed freely throughout the meal.
席间大家一直谈笑甚欢。
Troops would patrol major roads to ensure that traffic flows freely throughout the country.
军队将在主要道路巡逻以确保全国的交通通畅。
When the gate is raised, the water can flow freely.
闸门提起时水就可以畅流。
Traffic is now moving more freely following an earlier accident.
早些时候的交通事故过后，现在交通通畅些了。
The clay court was slippery and he was unable to move freely...
红土网球场很滑，他不能自如地移动。
If they cannot do this, they have not really learned the spirit of the foreign language and cannot use it freely.
如果做不到这一点，他们就没有真正掌握外语的本质，因而不能运用自如。
(3) 主动地，自愿地，乐意地
I freely admit that I made a mistake.
我爽快地承认我犯了错误。
Danny shared his knowledge freely with anyone interested.
丹尼十分乐意地和所有感兴趣的人分享他的知识。
I freely admit that what I said at the meeting was wrong. 我主动承认刚才在会上讲的话错了。
(4) 慷慨地，大方地，毫无保留地，
I freely give it to you.
我毫无保留地把它给你。
Millions of people gave freely in response to the famine appeal. 千百万人响应救灾呼吁而慷慨解囊。
(5) 根据大意地，非逐字逐句地
Poems have to be translated quite freely. 诗歌只能根据意思来灵活翻译。
(6) 公开地，坦率地，无顾忌地
It may require courage to speak freely. 要有勇气才能直言不讳。
For the first time he was able to speak freely without the fear of reprisals against his family.
他第一次能够直言不讳而不怕家人遭到报复。
You may speak freely; say what you like.
你喜欢说什么尽管可以直言不讳。
She wondered whether he had someone to whom he could talk freely.
她不知道他是否有可以倾心交谈的对象。
He freely admits he is unemployable and will probably never find a job.
他坦率地承认自己没什么技能，可能永远也找不到一份工作。
It will be difficult for her to open out and discuss her problems freely with you.
她将很难敞开心扉跟你无拘无束地讨论自己的问题。
（7）经常地;大量地
We have referred freely to his ideas...
我们频繁地提到了他的观点。
说明：free 用作副词表示“免费地、自由地”，在口语中通常可用介词短语 for free 代之。如：
My neighbour cut my hair for free. 我的邻居免费给我理发。
I got this ticket for free from somebody who didn't want it. 我这张票没花钱，是别人不要的。
We might be able to get some plants for free. 我们或许能免费得到一些树苗。
It would be unreasonable to expect them to do all that work for free. 期待他们不计报酬完成所有那些工作简直是不合情理的。
另外，free of charge 也表示“免费”。如：
The company will deliver free of charge. 公司免费送货上门。
We will send you our booklet free of charge. 我们将免费寄送小册子给你。
The car is still under guarantee, so you should be able to get it repaired free of charge. 汽车仍处于质保期内，你可以免费获得维修。
