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

• A free-for-all broke out on the baseball diamond.
  棒球场上发生了一场群殴。
• If you have unlimited funds, as Congress seems to think it does, then it's a financial free-for-all.
  如果你有无限的资金，因为美国国会似乎认为是这样，那么它是一个金融自由换取所有。
• 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。
• This is not the free-for-all capitalism that has been recommended by the current economic theory, and seems to have been accepted as gospel by economic planners, and also many economists, since the Thatcher and Reagan governments.
  这不是当前经济理论推荐的、自撒切尔（thatcher）和里根（reagan）政府以来许多经济规划者和经济学家似乎已当成真理的放任的资本主义。
• The discussion about the new road soon became a free-for-all.
  有关开辟那条新道路的讨论很快就成了一场大吵闹。
• 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。
• 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。
• "In a free market, you have a free-for-all and it's the poor who suffers."
  “在自由市场条件下，什么都自由，最后吃亏的还是穷人。”
• 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。
• But the revival of Confucius has not been an intellectual free-for-all.
  但儒家学说的复兴并非一场智力混战。