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

• 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。
• We'd better give the horse a free rein.
  我们最好放松缰绳任凭马奔跑。
• He gave his army free rein to crush rebels.
  他放手让他的军队消灭叛军。
• 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。
• 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。
• He gave me free rein to do whatever I wanted, so in 1974 I created the Atomic Energy Agency of Iran.
  他给予我充分自由，让我做任何自己想做的事情。于是，我在1974年创建了伊朗原子能机构（AtomicEnergyAgencyofIran）。
• Do you think it advisable for parents to give free rein to their teenage children so as to develop their individuality?
  你觉得家长对十来岁的孩子条取放任态度，以让他们发展个性这种做法可取吗？
• To begin with, studying alone gives us free rein over what and how we study.
  首先，独自念书时我们能自由决定读书的内容和方式。
• 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。