a free-for-all
常用单数形式,前加不定冠词。
The meeting turned into a free-for-all.
会议变成了一场混战。
大乱斗;自由混战;混乱;缺乏规则或控制的混乱局面。;死亡竞赛,有时特指每个玩家都与所有其他玩家对战的比赛。;任何人可以参加的竞赛;可以自由发表意见/畅所欲言的争论
A chaotic situation without rules or control.
混乱;缺乏规则或控制的混乱局面。
Chaos; a chaotic situation lacking rules or control.
死亡竞赛,有时特指每个玩家都与所有其他玩家对战的比赛。
A deathmatch, sometimes specifically one in which every player is pitted against all the others.
The heated argument quickly turned into a free-for-all, with people shouting and pushing.
激烈的争论很快演变成一场大吵大闹,人们又喊又推。
用法提示:这里 free-for-all 作名词,表示混乱的争斗或争吵,强调场面失控。
After the referee's controversial call, the players erupted into a free-for-all on the field.
在裁判做出有争议的判罚后,球员们在场上一发不可收拾地扭打起来。
用法提示:这里 free-for-all 作名词,描述球员间的混乱打斗。
The town meeting descended into a free-for-all when everyone started talking at once.
当所有人同时开始发言时,镇民会议变成了一场混乱的争吵。
用法提示:这里 free-for-all 作名词,指会议失去秩序、众人争吵的局面。
常用单数形式,前加不定冠词。
The meeting turned into a free-for-all.
会议变成了一场混战。
表示对某物的激烈争夺。
There was a free-for-all over the last slice of pizza.
最后一块比萨引发了一场争夺。
名词用作定语,修饰另一名词,表示不受约束的讨论。
The free-for-all debate left no topic untouched.
那场自由争论涉及了所有话题。
grammar · medium
易错句子The meeting became a free for all argument.
正确表达The meeting became a free-for-all argument.
错误在于缺少连字符,使复合名词 'free-for-all' 被误写为 'free for all'(意为“对所有人免费”),导致语义混淆。添加连字符后恢复原意,正确表示“混战或自由争论”。
grammar · medium
易错句子They had a free-for-all fight in the street.
正确表达They had a fight that was a free-for-all in the street.
错误在于将 'free-for-all' 作为形容词直接修饰 'fight'。实际上 'free-for-all' 是名词,不能作定语。正确的用法是将其作为表语或同位语,描述 'fight' 本身是一场混战。
melee 强调混乱、无组织的打斗,而 free-for-all 可能指更广泛的‘自由争论’或‘可自由参加的竞赛’
brawl 更常指双方或多个人的激烈争吵或斗殴,而 free-for-all 通常指多人参与的混乱打斗
fracas 强调喧闹和混乱的打斗,语气较正式,而 free-for-all 更口语化
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