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词汇 fair game
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Definition of fair game in English:

fair game

nounfɛː ˈɡeɪmfɛ(ə)r ɡeɪm
mass noun
  • A person or thing that is considered a reasonable target for criticism, exploitation, or attack.

    适于批评(或利用、抨击)的对象

    when it came to practical jokes, he regarded anybody as fair game
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I am aware that my job as an art critic makes me fair game - and I would not do it if I minded.
    • After that it seemed Gina's methods were fair game and the barrage of criticism didn't stop.
    • All subjects were fair game from gossip to sports, from crime to society balls.
    • They became fair game for everybody to criticise at school.
    • One minute we are presented as the pride of the nation, the next we're all fair game for criticism again.
    • You undermine the office if you do that, it really means that it's fair game for anybody to do it.
    • We informed him that as a politically active person, he was putting himself out in the public eye and was fair game for the cameras.
    • You know, let me say it is fair game to point out that he had a troubled past.
    • The state president, parliament and the judiciary are also regarded as fair game.
    • As the law now stands, poles of most descriptions are fair game for posterers, but other surfaces are illegal.

Definition of fair game in US English:

fair game

nounfɛ(ə)r ɡeɪm
  • A person or thing that is considered a reasonable target for criticism, exploitation, or attack.

    适于批评(或利用、抨击)的对象

    when it came to practical jokes, he regarded anybody as fair game
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I am aware that my job as an art critic makes me fair game - and I would not do it if I minded.
    • One minute we are presented as the pride of the nation, the next we're all fair game for criticism again.
    • You undermine the office if you do that, it really means that it's fair game for anybody to do it.
    • The state president, parliament and the judiciary are also regarded as fair game.
    • All subjects were fair game from gossip to sports, from crime to society balls.
    • After that it seemed Gina's methods were fair game and the barrage of criticism didn't stop.
    • We informed him that as a politically active person, he was putting himself out in the public eye and was fair game for the cameras.
    • You know, let me say it is fair game to point out that he had a troubled past.
    • They became fair game for everybody to criticise at school.
    • As the law now stands, poles of most descriptions are fair game for posterers, but other surfaces are illegal.
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