free-for-all

英 [ˈfriː fər ɔːl]

美 [ˈfriː fər ɔːl]

n.  不加管制; 自由放任; 混战; 众人激烈争辩; 大吵大闹

牛津词典

noun

• 不加管制；自由放任
  a situation in which there are no rules or controls and everyone acts for their own advantage
  1. The lowering of trade barriers has led to a free-for-all among exporters.
     降低贸易壁垒导致出口商各自为政。
• 混战；众人激烈争辩；大吵大闹
  a noisy fight or argument in which a lot of people take part

柯林斯词典

• 可自由参加的活动;众人同时争抢的情形
  Afree-for-allis a situation in which several people or groups are trying to get something for themselves and there are no controls on how they do it.
• 混战;群架;众人都参与的争吵
  Afree-for-allis a disorganized fight or argument which lots of people join in.

英英释义

noun

• a noisy fight in a crowd
  Synonym:brawl

双语例句

• Ideas for nanofabrication are coming from many directions in a wonderful free-for-all of discovery.
  奈米制造的新点子，正以一种包含无限可能的美妙方式，从各个方向涌入。
• You can also find access to free-for-all resources.
  除了以上这些外，你还可以轻松获取完全免费的资源。
• This would result in a free-for-all on wage bargaining.
  这将造成工资谈判上的漫天要价。
• In the multiplayer game, players can do a free-for-all or divide up into teams, each choosing a vessel from the various races available in the game.
  在多人游戏中，玩家可自由交战，也可以分成几个不同的小队，每方都可以从游戏的多个种族中选择自己喜欢的一种飞船。
• The report by the all-party parliamentary group on Central Africa says the general breakdown in state control caused by the war in Congo has created a free-for-all atmosphere being exploited by arms traffickers and local warlords.
  各党派议员中非小组作出的报道称，由于在刚果的战争而造成的国家失控已经给被武器偷运者和当地军阀创造出了他们梦寐以求的混战状态。
• By now they were really roughing me up, the fight had turned into a free-for-all.
  到现在他们真地打起我来了，殴打已经变成了一场混战。
• The existence of ancient cities excited them, and an archaeological free-for-all began.
  古城的存在让他们兴奋不已，于是掀起了一阵考古热潮。
• Other, smaller, Arctic powers, perhaps sensing their likely weakness in a free-for-all, are already seeking conciliation rather than confrontation.
  其他较小的北极周边国家或许已经察觉到他们在自由混战中的弱势，开始寻求调解而非对抗。
• More Chinese equity offerings are taking place in Shanghai, where only a handful of international underwriters and traders are licensed, rather than in free-for-all Hong Kong.
  中国的股票发行更多的是选择在上海进行，而不是自由开放的香港&在上海，只有很少几家国际承销商和交易商得到了牌照。
• But this free-for-all contains a radical flaw from a systemic standpoint.
  然而，从系统的角度来看，这种自由选择存在一个重大缺陷。