260. Credit cards often offer warranty coverage for free on purchases—a much better deal than most of the service contracts offered by stores.
译文信用卡通常会免费提供购物保障——这是比商店提供的大多数服务条款都要划算的交易。
点睛本句的主干是cards offer coverage。for free为offer的状语;破折号之后的内容是对前文的补充说明,其中用到了比较结构better...than...,过去分词短语offered by stores为service contracts的后置定语,service contracts与offered为被动关系。coverage的意思是“(保险)范围”。
for free的意思是“免费的,不用付款的”。如:
You can't expect people to work for free. 你不能指望人们工作不要报酬。
考点归纳free作形容词时常见短语如下:
feel free意为“随便,随意”。如:
Feel free to ask questions. 请随便问问题。
give sb. a free hand意为“让某人放手干,让某人全权处理”。如:
She gave the designer a free hand with the design. 她让设计师全权进行设计。
free and easy意为“随便的,无拘无束的”。如:
They enjoyed the free and easy discussion. 他们喜欢无拘无束的讨论。
free from/of意为“没有,不受……伤害”。如:
The drink is free from artificial colours. 这种饮料不含人工色素。