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

• 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。
• These kids ought to feel ashamed of themselves for such a free-for-all in public.
  这些孩子在大庭广众这样大吵大闹真是该感到害臊。
• In the most disruptive scenario, no longer unimaginable, pay-TV would become a free-for-all, with channels hawking themselves directly to consumers, perhaps sending their content over the internet.
  在绝大多数颠覆性、抛开一切不切实际的幻想的规划中，收费电视频道会成为一个向所有人提供免费内容，同时向消费者推销其他频道的媒体，又或者在互联网上发送自己的内容。
• Shanghai is a speculative free-for-all ruled almost entirely by momentum a poor indicator of the health of a nation or, by extension, a global economy.
  上海是一个可自由参与的投机市场，几乎完全受市场人气的左右很难表明一个国家的健康状况，更不能反映全球经济的健康与否。
• 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。
• 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。
• Instead there is the free-for-all of the market, a battlefield where only the fittest survive.
  相反，有的只是面向所有人开放的市场，一个只有适者生存的战场。
• 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。
• This has created a free-for-all, with software firms swallowing up hardware firms and vice versa.
  混战产生，软件企业纷纷吞食硬件企业，反之亦然。
• A free-for-all broke out on the baseball diamond.
  棒球场上发生了一场群殴。