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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.
      1. 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。

    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.
      1. Politicians were always considered fair game by cartoonists.
        政客们通常是漫画家所讽刺的对象。

    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
      1. he fell prey to muggers
      2. everyone was fair game
      3. the target of a manhunt
      Synonym:preyquarrytarget

    双语例句

    • Though protected by law within the park, they are fair game outside.
      虽然在公园内有法律保护,但是在公园外面,几率是平等的。
    • As soon as Susan was divorced, all the young men-about-town looked on her as fair game.
      苏珊刚一离婚,所有的纨绔少年都把她当作自由猎取的对象了。
    • That makes me fair game.
      让我成了可攻击的对象。
    • Anything posted online is fair game.
      网上贴出的任何内容都有可能成为电影业捕捉的对象。
    • 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。
    • With his fat, round face, the mayor was fair game for the cartoonists.
      市长因长有一张肥胖的圆脸成了漫画家描绘、夸张的对象。
    • Dogs, however, are apparently fair game.
      但是对于狗,显然就是公平竞争了。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • So every cable, every email you write is now fair game.
      所以你们的每一份电报、每一份邮件都应当成为公正的游戏。