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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The argument between the two drunks ended in a free-for-all in which about 20 people became involved.
  两个醉汉之间的争论最后发展到由约20人自由参加的讨论。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。