free rein

英 [friː reɪn]

美 [friː reɪn]

自由放任；完全的行动自由

英英释义

noun

• the removal of constraints
  1. he gave free rein to his impulses
  2. they gave full play to the artist's talent
  Synonym:play

双语例句

• The National Party, the junior partner in Australia's coalition government, draws much of its support from the countryside and is particularly reluctant to give free rein to the water market.
  在澳大利亚联合政府中处于较低地位的国家党从农村地区获得了很大支持，因此，它极其不情愿为水交易市场亮绿灯。
• Father is strict with the children, but Mother gives them free rein.
  父亲对孩子很严，但母亲却任其随心所欲。
• Laissez-faire, or "leave-it-alone," in a translation from the French, is a concept allowing private interests to have a virtual free rein in operating business.
  放任主义一词来自于法语，意思是允许私有企业完全自由经营。
• She gave them free rein to change the kitchen, though.
  不过，她允许他们自由改装厨房。
• Big private equity funds expect to do business in Russia as they do in other places, where they buy control and get free rein to do anything they want with management.
  他表示：大型私人股本基金期望，能够像在其它国家那样在俄罗斯开展业务。在其它国家，它们可以购入控股权，不受限制地随意处置被购企业管理层。
• The Supreme Court has generally held that Congress has free rein in determining where that public interest lies.
  最高法院一般认为，国会可以自由决定公共利益的范围。
• The young film-makers were given free rein to experiment with new themes and techniques.
  年轻的电影制作人被允许自由去实验新的主题和手法。
• Without an attractive means to hold the reserves they need to intervene in international markets, central banks and governments would be reluctant to give those markets free rein.
  如果不能通过有效途径持有干预国际市场所需的储备，各国央行和政府将不愿意让国际市场自由发展。
• The place where fantasy is given free rein.
  可以让幻想任意驰骋的地方。
• The king had free rein in his country.
  国王在他的国家可以为所欲为。