fair game 準許捕獵的獵物;可據理加以抨擊的對象
你要是想game在這里是指游戲的話,那你就錯了。Game在這里指的是打獵的人要打的動物,也就是獵物。
Fair game就是由于正當理由而成為追蹤、襲擊或恥笑的對象。假如說某一個城市的市長被發現和一件貪污受賄的丑聞有牽連,當地的人可能就會告訴你: The mayor became fair game for the media after he was found to be involved in a bribery scandal, 這是說:在市長被發現和貪污丑聞有牽連后,他就成了媒體集中報道的對象。
一些政界人物在競選高級職位的時候也往往會成為新聞媒體集中報道的對象。在下面例句里說話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.
我叔叔在競選州長的時候,新聞媒體就把他作為重點報道的對象。記者們把他過去的經歷都挖出來,刊登了有關他小時候一些事情的文章。但是,他們沒有找到任何看起來太壞的事。結果,他當選了。