free-for-all
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N-SING 可自由参加的活动;众人同时争抢的情形
A free-for-all is 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. -
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N-COUNT 混战;群架;众人都参与的争吵
A free-for-all is a disorganized fight or argument which lots of people join in.
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It was a complete free-for-all , and this went on for the next 45 nights .
完全就是大混战,而且接下来的45个夜晚这种情况一直持续出现。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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You probably prefer having fairly specific boundaries of sexual expression rather than an emotional or physical free-for-all .
在爱情或性的表达方面你可能会是有着相当清晰的原则,而不会让它们陷入混乱的局面。
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These kids ought to feel ashamed of themselves for such a free-for-all in public .
这些孩子在大庭广众这样大吵大闹真是该感到害臊。
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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。
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Without suggesting a pharmaceutical free-for-all , we can surely take a more relaxed approach to doping .
在不提议完全开放违禁药物的前提下,我们肯定可以用更轻松的心态来对待兴奋剂。
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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。
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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。
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" In a free market , you have a free-for-all and it 's the poor who suffers . "
“在自由市场条件下,什么都自由,最后吃亏的还是穷人。”
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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。
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A free-for-all broke out on the baseball diamond .
棒球场上发生了一场群殴。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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just because there is a sense right now that there is no outside help coming , so it 's a free-for-all , " Hokayem said .
只是因为现在有一种感觉,没有外界的帮助,所以这是一场大混战。”霍卡耶姆说道。
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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。
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This is part of the problem of this surveillance free-for-all that we 're allowing to occur by refusing to moderate our own behaviour .
这是这种不加限制的监控行为带来的一部分问题,正是我们拒绝克制自己的行为才使得这种状况得以发生。
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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。
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The aim is to end a coal-digging free-for-all that is blamed for a blighted environment and hundreds of deaths every year .
这一举措的目的是结束煤矿开采的混乱无序,这被谴责是造成环境毁坏和每年数百人伤亡原因。
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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。
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Scraps of information have been steadily leaked , creating a free-for-all of speculation and a suspicion that the airline is still hiding things .
点点滴滴的信息不断泄露,引发纷纷猜测,有人怀疑这家航空公司还在隐瞒着一些情况。
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" ULTIMATE FIGHTING ", a free-for-all of boxing , kicks and wrestling manoeuvres , has made sweeping gains in American sport viewing
“终极决斗”是一场全民皆可参与的搏击真人秀,这一策划方案大大提升了美国体育节目的收视率