laissez-faire

noun

🔊/ˌleseɪ ˈfeə(r)/

🔊/ˌleseɪ ˈfer/

[uncountable] (from French)

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the policy of allowing private businesses to develop without government control（政府对私有企业的）自由放任政策Topics Moneyc2
Word OriginFrench, literally ‘allow to do’.

adjective

🔊/ˌleseɪ ˈfeə(r)/

🔊/ˌleseɪ ˈfer/

(from French)

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following a policy of allowing private businesses to develop without government control（政府对私有企业的）自由放任政策
- a laissez-faire economy自由放任的经济体
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not trying to control somebody and allowing them to do what they want
- They have a laissez-faire approach to bringing up their children.他们采用放任自由的方法来养育子女。🔊🔊