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

• 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。
• The name game has now become a free-for-all, in which the World Bank continues to hold grandmaster status.
  现在，命名的游戏已经向所有人开放，但世行仍然保有大师级的地位。
• 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。
• 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。
• He added: Over the past year it has been a free-for-all for funding, which has made the need for economically rational behaviour disappear.
  他补充说：过去的一年，（电子商务行业）为了融资展开了一场混战，让人觉得理性的经济行为已全无必要。
• The pack smells weakness, and the situation turns into a free-for-all where no individual person feels responsible.
  这种帮派嗅出弱点所在，然后场面就会沦为没有人感到负有责任的混战。
• 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。
• A third concern is that the voucher system will lead to a free-for-all, with schools provided by charlatans or religious extremists.
  第三个问题是，代金券体系可能导致毫无规则可言的局面，骗子和宗教极端分子也会出来办学。
• 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。
• 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。