fair game 準(zhǔn)許捕獵的獵物;可據(jù)理加以抨擊的對(duì)象

你要是想game在這里是指游戲的話(huà)，那你就錯(cuò)了。Game在這里指的是打獵的人要打的動(dòng)物，也就是獵物。

Fair game就是由于正當(dāng)理由而成為追蹤、襲擊或恥笑的對(duì)象。假如說(shuō)某一個(gè)城市的市長(zhǎng)被發(fā)現(xiàn)和一件貪污受賄的丑聞?dòng)袪窟B，當(dāng)?shù)氐娜丝赡芫蜁?huì)告訴你： The mayor became fair game for the media after he was found to be involved in a bribery scandal， 這是說(shuō)：在市長(zhǎng)被發(fā)現(xiàn)和貪污丑聞?dòng)袪窟B后，他就成了媒體集中報(bào)道的對(duì)象。

一些政界人物在競(jìng)選高級(jí)職位的時(shí)候也往往會(huì)成為新聞媒體集中報(bào)道的對(duì)象。在下面例句里說(shuō)話(huà)的人告訴我們他叔叔遇到的情況。

例句-3：My uncle ran for state governor so he was fair gamefor the press. The reporters dug back into his past and printed things about him that happened way back in childhood. But they found nothing that looked too bad and he did get elected.

我叔叔在競(jìng)選州長(zhǎng)的時(shí)候，新聞媒體就把他作為重點(diǎn)報(bào)道的對(duì)象。記者們把他過(guò)去的經(jīng)歷都挖出來(lái)，刊登了有關(guān)他小時(shí)候一些事情的文章。但是，他們沒(méi)有找到任何看起來(lái)太壞的事。結(jié)果，他當(dāng)選了。