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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Thus, for key countries, a free-for-all is not an appropriate principle.
  因此，对于主要国家而言，自由选择不是一个适当的原则。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Does that mean we are then condemned to a kind of moral free-for-all, in which what is right for you may not be right for me, and nobody is entitled to criticise anyone else's ethics?
  那么这是否意味着我们成了人们谴责的没有道德感的人，对你正确的是对我未必是正确的，谁也没有资格批评别人的道德观？
• 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。