被释放，怎么翻译成英语才地道？使用一个动词release
The giant pacific octopus is the largest octopus species and can reach a weight of 71 kg. This one was caught by fishers and released off the coast of California.巨大太平洋章鱼是最大的章鱼物种，体重可以达到71公斤。这只章鱼被渔民捕获并在加利福尼亚海岸释放。
上面的例句里，使用了动词，release，意思是，使...获释，使...自由。是西方媒体里，一个非常常见的单词。注意，也是一个名词。
release
re·lease / riˈliːs /
verb
SET SB / STH FREE 释放
1. ~ sb / sth (from sth) to let sb / sth come out of a place where they have been kept or trapped
释放；放出；放走:
torelease a prisoner / hostage
释放囚犯/人质
Firefighters took ten hours to release the driver from the wreckage.
消防队员花了两个小时将司机从汽车残骸中救出来。
STOP HOLDING STH 松开
2. to stop holding sth or stop it from being held so that it can move, fly, fall, etc. freely
放开；松开；使自由移动(或飞翔、降落等)
SYN let go , let loose :
He refused to release her arm.
他不肯放开她的胳膊。
10 000 balloons were released at the ceremony.
典礼上放飞了一万个气球。
Intense heat is released in the reaction.
反应过程中产生高热。
FEELINGS 情感
3. to express feelings such as anger or worry in order to get rid of them
发泄；宣泄:
She burst into tears, releasing all her pent-up emotions.
她放声大哭,发泄出全部郁积起来的情感。
FREE SB FROM DUTY 免除职责
4. ~ sb (from sth) to free sb from a duty, responsibility, contract, etc.
免除,解除(某人的职责、责任、合同等)；解雇:
The club is releasing some of its older players.
俱乐部正在解聘一些老队员。
The new law released employers from their obligation to recognize unions.
新的法律免除了雇主承认工会的义务。
PART OF MACHINE 机器部件
5. to remove sth from a fixed position, allowing sth else to move or function
松开；拉开:
torelease the clutch / handbrake / switch, etc.
松开离合器、手闸、开关等
MAKE LESS TIGHT 使不紧张
6. to make sth less tight
使不紧张；使松弛；放松:
You need to release the tension in these shoulder muscles.
你需要放松肩部肌肉。
MAKE AVAILABLE 使可获得
7. to make sth available to the public
公开；公布；发布:
Police have released no further details about the accident.
关于这次事故,警方没有透露更多的细节。
to release a movie / book / CD
发行电影/书 / 激光唱片
new products released onto the market
投放到市场的新产品
8. to make sth available that had previously been restricted
开放；放开；解禁:
The new building programme will go ahead as soon as the government releases the funds.
政府一放开对资金的控制,新的建筑项目就动工。
noun
SETTING SB / STH FREE 释放
1. , sing.] ~ (of sb) (from sth) the act of setting a person or an animal free; the state of being set free
释放；获释:
The government has been working to secure the release of the hostages.
政府一直在努力争取使人质获释。
She can expect an early release from prison.
她有望早一点出狱。
MAKING STH AVAILABLE 使可得到
2. , sing.] the act of making sth available to the public
公开；发行；发布:
The new software is planned for release in April.
新软件计划四月份发行。
The moviegoes on generalrelease (= will be widely shown in cinemas / movie theaters) next week.
这部电影将于下周公开发行。
3. a thing that is made available to the public, especially a new CD or film / movie
新发行的东西；(尤指)新激光唱片,新电影:
the latest new releases
最新发行的产品
OF GAS / CHEMICAL 气体；化学品
4. , C] the act of letting a gas, chemical, etc. come out of the container where it has been safely held
排放；泄漏；渗漏:
the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere
二氧化碳向大气层的排放
to monitor radiation releases
控制辐射的释放
FROM UNPLEASANT FEELING 不愉快的感觉
5. , sing.] the feeling that you are free from pain, anxiety or some other unpleasant feeling
解脱；轻松感:
a sense of release after the exam
考试后的解脱感
I think her death was a merciful release.
我认为她的死是一种幸运的解脱。
⇨ see also press release
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