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

• The media see politicians as fair game.
  媒体把政治家们看作该受批评的对象。
• It's on the street. it's fair game.
  这是在街上，这很公平。
• In America, however, stuff that is used for commercial purposes is fair game.
  不过在美国可以对用作商业用途的原料下手。
• It was a fair game.
  那是场公平的比赛。
• Corporate governance experts say that delving into executive backgrounds personal and otherwise is fair game.
  公司治理专家称，探究高管个人或其它方面的背景合情合理。
• It also gave tax authorities stiff revenue targets, and made foreign companies fair game.
  它也给税务部门制定了刚性的税收目标，并使外国公司成了诱人的靶子。
• 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。
• My uncle ran for state governor so he was fair game for the press.
  我叔叔在竞选州长的时候，新闻媒体就把他作为重点报道的对象。
• Its fair game, no one can say it's not.
  这是场公平竞争，没人能说这不公平。
• 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。