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

• It can be useful to think of cloud governance by examining its opposite: the free-for-all chaos in which cloud services are used by an organization without any oversight in place.
  考虑云治理时，看看它的反面是有好处的：组织使用云服务时没有任何监管，从而造成一片混乱。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• This has created a free-for-all, with software firms swallowing up hardware firms and vice versa.
  混战产生，软件企业纷纷吞食硬件企业，反之亦然。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。