It was a free for all, fragmented industry.

这一行业犹如一盘散沙，对其中所有人来说，我们都是免费的。

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The lowering of trade barriers has led to a free-for-all among exporters.

降低贸易壁垒导致出口商各自为政。

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The ruling saved courts from a free-for-all, but there is still plenty of room for confusion.

该案裁决避免将法院拖入自由化选举，但还是有很多混淆的空间。

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In two thousand three, the government of Kenya established a program of free primary education for all children.

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One year we actually had something like forty-two people signed up, and the course was much bigger, and we thought they all thought they were getting a free prize or something for signing up, there were so many of them.

有一年还真有,大概四十二个学生选了这课,那课堂大多了,当时我们觉得那些学生,是不是觉得选课能有奖励还是什么的,总之人特别多

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Doesn't Aristotle call man the rational animal, the being with logos, suggesting that all human beings have a desire for knowledge and the desire to cultivate their minds and live as free persons.

亚里士多德不是称人类为理性的动物吗，具有，Logos，的生物，并暗示所有的人类,都有求知欲,且想要陶冶他的身心,并过自由的生活。

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"It's going to be a free for all, " Nickles said of the pending debate.

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As far as apps go, it's a free for all -- customers can do as they wish.

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No one here is advocating a free for all or trying to make it easier for journalists to act like criminals.

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