liberty是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 自由， 自由权； 特权，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在简·奥斯汀的《爱玛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It was her own choice to give the time of their absence to Highbury; to spend, perhaps, her last months of perfect liberty with those kind relations to whom she was so very dear: and the Campbells, whatever might be their motive or motives, whether single, or double, or treble, gave the arrangement their ready sanc-tion, and said, that they depended more on a few months spent in her native air, for the recovery of her health, than on any thing else.
-- Donwell and Randalls had received their invitation, and none had come for her father and herself; and Mrs. Weston's account-ing for it with 'I suppose they will not take the liberty with you; they know you do not dine out,' was not quite sufficient.
在巴尔扎克的《高老头》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Where else in Paris would they have found wholesome food in sufficient quantity at the prices she charged them, and rooms which they were at liberty to make, if not exactly elegant or comfortable, at any rate clean and healthy?
在玛丽·雪莱的《弗兰肯斯坦》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The father of their charge was one of those Italians nursed in the memory of the antique glory of Ita-ly one among the *schiavi ognor frementi*, who exerted himself to obtain the liberty of his country.
-- For a moment my soul was elevated from its debasing and miserable fears to contemplate the di-vine ideas of liberty and self sacrifice of which these sights were the monuments and the remembrancers.
-- Such would be my liberty except that in my Elizabeth I possessed a treasure, alas, balanced by those horrors of remorse and guilt which would pursue me until death.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《远大前程》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- To stand in the dark in a mysterious passage of an unknown house, bawling Estella to a scornful young lady neither visible nor responsive, and feeling it a dreadful liberty so to roar out her name, was almost as bad as playing to order.
-- As I did not like him either, I took the liberty of saying that we thanked him, but we didn't want seeing home.
-- "My dear sir," said Mr. Trabb, as he respectfully bent his body, opened his arms, and took the liberty of touching me on the outside of each elbow, "don't hurt me by mentioning that.
-- And now let me take the liberty of asking you a question.
-- As he had shown no diffidence on the subject, I ventured on the liberty of asking him the question, when he stood before me, dusting his hands.
在乔纳森•斯威夫特的《格列夫游记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Before he quitted Redriff, he left the custody of the fol-lowing papers in my hands, with the liberty to dispose of them as I should think fit.
-- But I should have mentioned, that before the principal person began his oration, he cried out three times, Langro dehul san (these words and the former were after-wards repeated and explained to me); whereupon, immediately, about fifty of the inhabitants came and cut the strings that fastened the left side of my head, which gave me the liberty of turning it to the right, and of observing the person and gesture of him that was to speak.
-- The chains that held my left leg were about two yards long, and gave me not only the liberty of walking backwards and forwards in a semicircle, but, being fixed within four inches 23of the gate, allowed me to creep in, and lie at my full length in the temple.
-- The author has his liberty granted him upon certain conditions.
-- y gentleness and good behaviour had gained so far on Mthe emperor and his court, and indeed upon the army and people in general, that I began to conceive hopes of get-ting my liberty in a short time.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《艰难时世》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'You'll have your own private apartments, and you'll have your coals and your candles, and all the rest of it, and you'll have your maid to attend upon you, and you'll have your light porter to protect you, and you'll be what I take the liberty of considering precious comfortable,' said Bounderby.
-- But strolling on to the Bank to kill time, and having the good fortune to observe at the window,' towards which he languidly waved his hand, then slightly bowed, 'a lady of a very superior and agreeable appearance, I considered that I could not do better than take the liberty of asking that lady where Mr. Bounderby the Banker does live.
-- 'Not that it was altogether so important to her as it was to me,' continued Tom coolly, 'because my liberty and comfort, and perhaps my getting on, depended on it; and she had no other lover, and staying at home was like staying in jail especially when I was gone.
-- Pray, Mr. Blackpool' wind springing up very fast 'may I take the liberty of asking you how it happens that you refused to be in this Combination?'
-- 'Having made which bargain, Tom,' said Harthouse, clapping him on the shoulder again, with an air which left him at liberty to infer as he did, poor fool that this condition was imposed upon him in mere careless good nature to lessen his sense of obligation, 'we will tear ourselves asunder until dinner-time.'
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《小杜丽》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Finally, everything was done according to rule, and the travellers were at liberty to depart whithersoever they would.
-- I was wholly unprepared for your announcement, and hope that assurance is my sufficient apology for having taken the liberty of addressing you.
-- 'I took the liberty of sending you a message.'
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