fair game
英 [ˌfeə ˈɡeɪm]
美 [ˌfer ˈɡeɪm]
n. 可开玩笑(或嘲弄、作弄)的对象
牛津词典
noun
- 可开玩笑(或嘲弄、作弄)的对象
if a person or thing is said to be fair game , it is considered acceptable to play jokes on them, criticize them, etc.- The younger teachers were considered fair game by most of the kids.
多数小孩认为年轻教师是可作弄的对象。
- The younger teachers were considered fair game by most of the kids.
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 可攻击的目标;可批评的对象
If you say that someone isfair game, you mean that it is acceptable to criticize or attack them, usually because of the way that they behave.- Politicians were always considered fair game by cartoonists.
政客们通常是漫画家所讽刺的对象。
- Politicians were always considered fair game by cartoonists.
英英释义
noun
- a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
- he fell prey to muggers
- everyone was fair game
- the target of a manhunt
双语例句
- My uncle ran for state governor so he was fair game for the press.
我叔叔在竞选州长的时候,新闻媒体就把他作为重点报道的对象。 - In America, however, stuff that is used for commercial purposes is fair game.
不过在美国可以对用作商业用途的原料下手。 - That's THEIR idea of a Fair Game.
这是他们对公平游戏的理解。 - Its fair game, no one can say it's not.
这是场公平竞争,没人能说这不公平。 - It was not a fair game because the other team had more players.
这是场不公平的比赛,因为另一队的球员比较多。 - By the afternoon it was fair game.
但到当日下午,奥巴马的做法又变成公平游戏了。 - However, it is a fallacy to consider every and any experiment fair game.
然而,认为所有实验都可以开展的想法是错误的。 - It also gave tax authorities stiff revenue targets, and made foreign companies fair game.
它也给税务部门制定了刚性的税收目标,并使外国公司成了诱人的靶子。 - Time invested should count for nothing in a fair game.
在公平的游戏里,时间的投资不应该得到回报。 - Then I'm gonna find yours to be fair game.
我对你也是有话可说的。
