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

• You may give free rein to your imaginations when admiring a mass of such colors: pink clouds in the horizon, a vast, open country, a long-gone history, or memory of your last intoxication.
  面对这一片片的色彩，你可以把他看成天边的彩霞，也可以把他看成广袤的原野，还可以把他看成沉淀了的历史，更可以把他看成每一次醉酒的印痕。
• 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。
• We simply can't allow a free rein for those who persistently break laws.
  对于那些老是犯法的人，我们就是不能放任不管。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• In this picture the artist certainly allowed his imagination free rein.
  艺术家在这幅画里任其想像力尽情奔驰。
• The government continued to believe it should give free rein to the private sector in transport.
  政府仍然认为应该给予交通领域的私营企业以经营自由。
• We'd better give the horse a free rein.
  我们最好放松缰绳任凭马奔跑。
• The book gave free rein to the reader's thought about mankind in the future.
  这本书畅想了人类的未来。