fair
美 [fer]
英 [feə(r)] 
- n.展销会;商品交易会;露天游乐场;(评比农畜产品的)集市
- adv.公正地;公平合理地;按照规则
- adj.合理的;恰当的;适当的;秉公办事的
- v.誊清;使表面平顺;整流;〈英方〉(天气)好转
- 网络公平的;博览会;美丽的
词形变化
比较级:fairer 最高级:fairest 复数:fairs 反义词
英汉双解
可接受;恰当acceptable/appropriate
1. | 合理的;恰当的;适当的acceptable and appropriate in a particular situation |
| a fair deal/wage/price/question 公平交易;合理的工资;公道的价格;恰当的问题 |
| The punishment was very fair. 这个处罚很公正。 |
| Was it really fair to him to ask him to do all the work? 要他做所有的工作对他真的公平吗? |
| It's not fair on the students to keep changing the timetable. 不断改动时间表,这样对待学生不恰当。 |
| It's only fair to add that they were not told about the problem until the last minute. 要补充说明以下情况才合理,即他们是最后一刻才获知这个问题。 |
| I think it is fair to say that they are pleased with this latest offer. 我认为恰当地说,他们对最新的这一次提议很满意。 |
| It seems only fair that they should give us something in return. 似乎他们应该给我们点什么作为回报才像话。 |
| To be fair , she behaved better than we expected. 说句公道话,她表现得比我们预期的要好。 |
| ‘You should really have asked me first.’ ‘Right, okay, fair comment .’ “你本来应该先问我。”“对,是的,是这样。” |
一视同仁treating people equally
2. | (按法律、规定)平等待人的,秉公办事的,公正的treating everyone equally and according to the rules or law |
| She has always been scrupulously fair. 她总是一丝不苟地秉公办事。 |
| demands for a fairer distribution of wealth 更加公平分配财富的要求 |
| We have to be fair to both players. 我们必须公正对待双方运动员。 |
| to receive a fair trial 得到公正审判 |
| free and fair elections 自由公正的选举 |
| It's not fair! He always gets more than me. 这不公平!他得到的总比我多。 |
| The new tax is fairer than the old system. 新税制比旧税制公正。 |
相当大quite large
3. | [obn] (数量、大小)相当大的quite large in number, size or amount |
| A fair number of people came along. 有相当多的人来了。 |
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| We've still got a fair bit(= quite a lot) to do. 我们还有相当多的事要做。 |
相当好quite good
| There's a fair chance that we might win this time. 这次我们可能胜算很大。 |
| It's a fair bet that they won't turn up. 我敢打赌,他们不会露面。 |
| I have a fair idea of what happened. 我相当了解发生的事。 |
| His knowledge of French is only fair. 他的法语知识还算可以。 |
头发;皮肤hair/skin
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| She has long fair hair. 她有一头浅色长发。 |
| All her children are fair(= they all have fair hair) . 她的孩子们都长着淡色的头发。 |
天气weather
6. | 晴朗的bright and not raining |
| a fair and breezy day 风和日丽的日子 |
7. | 顺风的not too strong and blowing in the right direction |
| They set sail with the first fair wind. 顺风一起他们就扬帆出航了。 |
美丽beautiful
1. | 按照规则;公正地;公平合理地according to the rules; in a way that is considered to be acceptable and appropriate |
| Come on, you two, fight fair! 得了,你们俩,要按规则比赛! |
| They'll respect you as long as you play fair(= behave honestly) . 只要为人正直,别人就会尊敬你。 |
娱乐entertainment
1. | 露天游乐场a type of entertainment in a field or park at which people can ride on large machines and play games to win prizes |
| Let's take the kids to the fair. 咱们带孩子们到游乐场吧。 |
| all the fun of the fair 露天游乐园的一切乐趣 |
2. | (评比农畜产品的)集市a type of entertainment in a field or park at which farm animals and products are shown and take part in competitions |
| the county/state fair 县╱州农畜产品集市 |
商业business
3. | 商品交易会;展销会an event at which people, businesses, etc. show and sell their goods |
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| a craft/a book/an antique fair 工艺品展销会;书市;古玩交易会 |
牲畜市场animal market
4. | (旧时)牲畜市场(in the past) a market at which animals were sold |
工作jobs
5. | job/careers ~ 职业介绍会;就业展览会an event at which people who are looking for jobs can get information about companies who might employ them |
习惯用语
alls fair in love and war
在情场和战场上可以不择手段in some situations any type of behaviour is acceptable to get what you want
be fair!
要讲道理used to tell sb to be reasonable in their judgement of sb/sth
| Be fair! She didn't know you were coming. 要讲道理!她不知道你要来。 |
by fair means or foul
不择手段using dishonest methods if honest ones do not work
a fair crack of the whip
(做某事的)适当机会a reasonable opportunity to show that you can do sth
| I felt we weren't given a fair crack of the whip. 我觉得我们没有得到适当的机会。 |
fair enough
(指想法、建议)有道理,说得对,行used to say that an idea or suggestion seems reasonable
| ‘We'll meet at 8.’ ‘Fair enough.’ “我们 8 点钟见。”“行。” |
| If you don't want to come, fair enough, but let Bill know. 你要是不想来,可以,不过要让比尔知道。 |
fairs fair
(尤用作感叹词,表示认为行动、决定等可以接受)彼此都要公平,应该公正才是used, especially as an exclamation, to say that you think that an action, decision, etc. is acceptable and appropriate because it means that everyone will be treated fairly
| Fair's fair─you can't expect them to cancel everything just because you can't make it. 彼此都要公平,不可能就因为你不能出席就指望他们取消一切。 |
(give sb) a fair hearing
(给某人)申辩机会;(让某人接受)公平审讯(to allow sb) the opportunity to give their opinion of sth before deciding if they have done sth wrong, often in court
| I'll see that you get a fair hearing. 我务必使你有说明观点的机会。 |
(give sb/get) a fair shake
(给某人╱得到)公平待遇(to give sb/get) fair treatment that gives you the same chance as sb else
(more than) your fair share of sth
(超过)合理的数量,恰当的数量(more than) an amount of sth that is considered to be reasonable or acceptable
| He has more than his fair share of problems. 他的问题过多。 |
| I've had my fair share of success in the past. 过去我已经取得了应有的成功。 |
fair to middling
一般水平;不过不失not particularly good or bad
its a fair cop
(当场被抓获时说)这是罪有应得,抓得有理used by sb who is caught doing sth wrong, to say that they admit that they are wrong
fair and square|fairly and squarely
诚实;光明正大honestly and according to the rules
| We won the election fair and square. 我们光明正大地竞选获胜。 |
直截了当in a direct way that is easy to understand
| I told him fair and square to pack his bags. 我直截了当让他收拾好行李走人。 |
不偏不斜exactly in the place you were aiming for
| I hit the target fair and square. 我不偏不斜正中靶子。 |
set fair (to do sth/for sth)
有成功的素质;具备成功的条件having the necessary qualities or conditions to succeed
| She seems set fair to win the championship. 她似乎具备夺冠的条件。 |
| Conditions were set fair for stable economic development. 形势适合经济稳定发展。 |
英汉解释
adj. | 3. (水等)清澈的,清洁的;(笔迹等)鲜明的;洁白的,干净的 4. (风等)畅快的;爽朗的,(天气等)好的,顺畅的;(前途等)有希望的 7. (头发)金色的 (opp. dark) (皮肤)白嫩的 |
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英英解释
例句
Excuse me, Sir. but I think it's only fair to tell you that it's now or never if you want me in your next picture .
我想为了公平起见现在最好告诉您:您现在可以选择我做你下一部片子的演员,否则您永远不会有这个机会了。
George stood out in fair sight, on the top of the rock, as he made this declaration of independence.
乔治发表这篇独立宣言时,站在岩石之巅,轮廓清晰。
It generally refers to a society which affords individuals and groups fair treatment and a just share of the benefits of it.
它一般是指一个社会能提供个人和群体的公平待遇,以及对刚刚分享它的好处。
The fair was on before the temple. It had rained from the early morning and the day came to its end .
集市在寺庙前进行着。雨一大早就开始下了,白天就要结束了。
It's time we get out of this contract, its not fair to us, they make all of the money, we make nothing.
是我们跳出这个合同的时候了。这合同对我们不公平,他们赚去所有的钱,我们什么都没有得到。
Mary always love to take advantage of things. this time we done so fair. it has no weakness to exploit, no wonder she will be unhappy.
Mary老是爱占便宜,这次这么公平,无机可乘,难怪她会不高兴。
So there remains plenty of confidence and a fair amount of capital ready to seize the opportunities.
因此,业内人士仍然信心充足、资金充沛,随时准备抓住机遇。
Make an effort to be more fair and more realistic with your own self, however, and I think you may be pleasantly surprised by the results.
努力更加公正,更加客观地看待自我吧,结果会让你大吃一惊的。
If he's home all day with the kids, it's not fair for her to come home and complain about the way he's dispensing his parental care.
如果他整日和孩子呆在家里,她回到家里抱怨他抚育的方式是不公平的。
His mother shook her head and wondered aloud whether life would be easier if he just let the science fair thing drop.
他的母亲摇着头说,她真想知道,如果科学展览会比赛的事情没有发生,是否他的日子会更容易些。
He sat down slowly, noticing, out of the corner of his eye, that she was even slimmer, and had nice fair hair and lovely eyes.
他慢慢坐下,从眼角的余光注意到她更苗条了,长着一头漂亮的金发和一双可爱的眼睛。
Does that seem fair for her to steal my heart away.
难道说她偷走我的心是公平的?
fair: Injures someone the matter not to be possible to do, benefits others the matter multi-fulfillments.
公正:害人之事不可做,利人之事多履行。
It did not seem fair to leave her in ignorance of what would necessarily affect her attitude towards him.
让她继续蒙在鼓里,不了解这件必然要影响她对他的态度的事,是不适宜的。
The boy was not. Once, he might have been a handsome child, with wide sea- green eyes, fair.
那个男孩则不同。曾经,他也是个英俊的孩子,有一双海绿色的大眼睛,长着一头金黄色的头发。但仅仅是曾经。
"It's fair to say that we're looking at the beginning of a process of preparing his son for leadership, " said the US official.
“公平地说,我们正看到的是一个过程的开始,这一过程旨在让他的儿子准备好担任领导人,”上述美国官员表示。
He had several flavors of *nix, an NT server farm, and a fair collection of networking and remote access equipment. It was all his to rule.
他有几台*nix主机,一个NT服务器中心,一个漂亮的网络集合和远程访问设备,这些都归他管。
It's great to see the big fella back but he needs games. He's still got a fair bit of fitness to come.
能看到这个好家伙回来真的很棒,但他还需要上场比赛找回状态。当然他也还需一些路去恢复最佳。
Unfortunately, there has been a fair amount of confusion regarding cloud computing and its relationship with grid computing.
不幸的是,关于云计算及其与网格计算的关系存在许多误解。
And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
押沙龙生了三个儿子,一个女儿。女儿名叫他玛,是个容貌俊美的女子。
What she said was fair comment .
她所讲的是合乎情理的批评。
It was not fair to let Jurgis support the family.
让吉尔吉斯一个人养家是不公平的。
Without a fair hearing, one more promising career at Ford would bite the dust.
福特公司又一个人的美好前程就轻轻断送了,而不容许申诉。
The ball hit him fair on the chin.
球直接打在他下巴上。
They said she was fair to look on.
他们讲她模样长得挺俊。
The powered face with dark-fringed eyes had vanished; the fair, remote figure of the railway-station came back again.
那张眼圈黑黑;涂脂抹粉的脸庞已经消失了;车站上那个又漂亮又冷漠的形体又回到了眼前。
It's not fair, she thought; it has all happened too quickly.
这太不可思议了,她想:这一切发生得太突然了。
They went away with a fair gale on the day.
他们走的时候,正赶上顺风。
All the months in the year curse a fair February.
二月天气好,全年气候糟。
I have known him too long and too well to be a fair judge.
我认识他太久,跟他也处得太熟,因此很难做个公正的判断人。
When he returned, he found the child sitting up in the bed hale and fair, with all its wounds closed.
回到家的时候,他发现他的孩子坐在床上,健康活泼,伤口都愈合了。
A small man of about thirty, with green eyes and a tangle of fair hair, stood looking down at me.
我面前站着一个三十岁上下的矮小的汉子,碧绿的眼睛,一头乱七八糟的淡黄头发,他正低头望着我。
It did not seem fair to leave her in ignorance of what would necessarily affect her attitude towards him.
让她继续蒙在鼓里,不了解这件必然要影响她对他的态度的事,是不适宜的。
George stood out in fair sight, on the top of the rock, as he made this declaration of independence.
乔治发表这篇独立宣言时,站在岩石之巅,轮廓清晰。
It was because of these things that she bade fair to overcome the handicap of her garments.
正由于这些原因,她才有可能克服她的服饰带来的障碍。
I'm obliged to ask you a few questions; just answer up fair and square, and don't be afraid.
我不能不问你几桩事情;你得老老实实地回答我,别害怕。
Mother had been very fair, and beautiful, and delicate of health, so that she stayed in bed most of the time.
母亲长得很白,也很美,但是身体虚弱,大部分时间都躺在床上。
He could only say that he was sure he had always been fair and considerate to everyone.
他只想说他觉得他一向对每个人都一视同仁,关怀体贴。
Everyone petted her, and "Daisy" , as they called her, was in a fair way to have her head turned.
人人都宠爱她,大家都叫她“美人儿”,因此她很可能昏了头。
I think it's fair to let you know where I stand.
我想应该让你们知道我的立场。
"I don't think it's fair to laugh at an old song like this, " said Edward.
“我认为拿这样的古老歌曲开玩笑是不体面的。”爱德华说。
We jewed with him until we thought the price was fair.
我们一直与他讨价还价,直到我们觉得价格公道为止。
He'll swear eternal devotion to half a dozen fair damsels, and ride away rejoicing, while they are left to weep upon one another's bosoms.
他会对半打美妙少女发誓始终不渝,然后无忧无虑地跑开,扔下她们抱作一团哭泣。
See if I don't sell all my goods and bring you some presents from the fair.
看着吧,我准定可以把所有的货物都脱手,再从集上给你带些礼物回来。
She shall not lose her fair character through me. I have done too much mischief to her family already.
她不能因为我而丧失体面,我对她的家庭已做了许多坏事。
And they say that she's not so much as spoke to him since they were at Greenhill Fair.
他们还说,自从绿山集市以来,她就没怎么和他搭过话。
It is a real work of art and quite a "feature" of the Fair.
那是一件真正的艺术品,是博览会里着实重要的一“景”。
Through living with fair people she had taken on the dispositions and the prejudices of the fair.
似乎跟白皮肤的人们生活过一段,她自己也赋有了他们的品性和偏见。
This was fair enough, though it gave no reason for optimism, for it kept all options open.
这态度很公正,虽然它没有给人以乐观的真正理由,因为它对任何选择都未置可否。
Following on a period of obscurity, he was at this time enjoying a fair reputation with the actor's company.
默默无闻一段之后,这时他在所属的剧团声誉正隆。
We are simply trying to be just and fair on the basis of a solid Islamic ground, which is a very hard task in itself.
我们只想努力在坚固的伊斯兰土地的基础上做到公正和公平,这项任务是很艰巨的。
It is fair to say that complexity, in its various manifestations, is one of the key technical and business concerns of our time.
我们可以说,复杂性以其多样的表现形式,成为我们这个时代的一项关键技术和业务利害。
But, to be fair, the German chancellor has been preaching the message of political union in a lower key way for more than a year.
但说句公道话,一年多来默克尔一直以一种相对低调的方式宣扬政治联盟。
We do not yet fully comprehend the new era, but it is fair to say that it is probably not going to be Bretton Woods III.
我们尚未充分理解这个新时代,但公平地讲,这个新时代不太可能是布雷顿森林体系III。
So if you're going to end up in hell due to a temptation to eat more than your fair share of stinky tofu, take a detour to Taipei first.
因此如果你计划走向纠结,因为诱惑吃了超过你可以承受的臭豆腐,绕个路去台北吧。或者如果你想强化一下你的恶习,转个弯去马尼拉。
life is never fair, get much, will depend on how much the best efforts, the live.
生命从来不是公平的,得到多少,便要靠那个多少做到最好,努力的生活下去。
I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.
我使它的枝条蕃多,成为荣美,以致神伊甸园中的树都嫉妒它。
However, the company said that it had not decided whether to place a fair trade label on coffee grown on large plantations.
但是,该公司表示并没有决定要不要在那些大型种植园产出的咖啡产品上打上标签。
Her fair face into a faceplate, always toward the sun, daily follow him, to tell him her love will never change.
她的脸儿变成了花盘,永远向着太阳,每日追随他,向他诉说她永远不变的恋情。
Just like the heat of our hearts, the sun worked so hard and warmed the playground up for the annual Campus Charity Fair in the afternoon.
就像大家心中的热度一样,下午的太阳为暖场一年一度举行爱心义卖的操场,格外卖力地照耀着。
Be that as it may. If our good senator was a political sinner, he was in a fair way to expiate it by his night's penance.
不管怎么说,如果我们这位好心的参议员在政治上有罪的话,那么他那天夜晚的苦行也足以抵消他的罪名了。
Instead the body said conditions for free and fair elections did not exist and that it was a matter of deep regret they had been held.
安理会只是说,自由和公正选举的条件不存在,安理会对照常进行决选深表遗憾。
Citigroup's newly-acquired controlling stake in Guangdong Development Bank, with more than 500 branches, gives it a fair shot.
花旗最近获得了拥有500多家分行的广东发展银行(GDB)的控股权,使它有望在中国开展零售业务。
If not quite a day at the office, there was a fair approximation to the muddle of faraway Earth.
就算不是办公一族,这儿的生活也堪比地球上的混乱。
Rebekah looked as if I'd slapped her. "That's not fair! " she wailed, eyes wide with shock.
利百加看着我,好像我摑了她一巴掌似的。“这不公平!”她哭喊道。眼睛因为震惊而大大的圆睁着。
The weatherman says it's set fair for several days, and there isn't a cloud in the sky, so we should be able to go for a picnic.
气象预报员说将会有几天的睛朗天气,现在天空睛朗无云,我们应该是可以去野餐的。
And at a street fair in Central America, we see that Sara has a small, pendant-shaped scar on her shoulder in the shape of a snake.
在中美洲的一条街道集市,莎拉在她的肩上有一道小的蛇形的伤疤。
He is a fine young man, of fair complexion-- a little too fair, perhaps--pleasing in manners; but you will see and judge for yourself.
他是个很好看的青年人,肤色很白——也许太白了一点——性格很活泼,您一会儿就可以看到他了,还是您自己来判断吧。
heR sense of fair play made heR a favourite with heR classmates.
她公平待人,这使得她的同学都喜欢她。
He said the United States today is more fair, free and just than during the 1950s and 1960s when King fought for racial equality.
他表示,与金博士为种族平等而抗争的1950年代和1960年代相比,今天的美国更加公平、自由和公正。
Here, too, the signs of the fair were present.
在这里,市集的景象也已经出现。
I've already written a fair chunk of the article.
我已写出文章的大部分。
It is not fair to kick another player in football.
足球赛里是不允许踢另一位球员的。
We were not captured by fair means.
我们不是公平地被抓的。
The water was still booming in the night, the moon was fair, the hills beyond were elusive.
湖水在黑夜中正发着隆隆的轰鸣声,月色皎洁,那边的山头则暮色正浓。
Blue suited her fair colouring.
蓝色适合于她白皙的肤色。
Perhaps criticism is perpetually a matter of being unfair to some and too fair to others.
说不定文艺批评永远是对某些人有欠公正,对另一些人又过分偏袒了。
Her aspect was fair and arresting.
她的外表,漂亮标致,惹人注目。
The hand that made you fair, has made you good.
上天不但给了你美貌,也给了你品德。
She is as wise as (she is) fair.
她的聪明比得上她的美貌。