fair是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 treating someone in a way that is right or reasonable, or treating a group of people equally and not allowing personal opinions to influence your judgment -- 合理的；公平的；公正的；平等待人的

  • a fair trial 公正的審訊

  • Why should I have to do all the cleaning? It's not fair! 為甚麼我要做所有的打掃工作？這不公平！

  • It's not fair on Joe (= it is not right) to make him do all the work! 所有的工作都由喬做，這對他不公平！

  • It's not fair that she's allowed to go and I'm not! 允許她去，卻不許我去，這不公平！

  • It's not fair to blame me for everything! 把一切都怪在我頭上，這不公平！

  • She's scrupulously fair with all her employees (= she treats them all equally). 她對所有的員工都一視同仁。

  • UK She claims her article was a fair comment on (= a reasonable thing to say about) a matter of public interest. 她聲稱她的文章是對公眾利益問題提出的公正合理的意見。

  • He offered to do all the cleaning if I did all the cooking, which seemed like a fair (= reasonable) deal. 他提議如果我做飯，他就做好所有的打掃清潔，這似乎挺公平合理的。

  • I thought it was a fair price that she was offering. 我覺得她的報價是合理的。

  • I'm willing to do my fair (= equal) share of the work. 我願意做我應該承擔的那部分工作。

  • All the workers want is a fair wage for the work that they do. 工人想要的只是與他們的工作相稱的合理報酬。

  • It was a fair fight. 這是一場公平的拳擊賽。

  • I think it's only fair to tell you that we have had over 300 applications for this job. 我認為應該告訴你一聲，已經有300多人應徵這份工作了。

  • I think it's fair to say (that) you've done less of the work than I have. 我覺得說你事情做得比我少是很合理的。

  • He's done the job badly but, to be fair, I gave him very little time to do it. 他工作做得很糟糕，但是說句公道話，我給他的時間非常少。

  • "I'm just annoyed with him because he's behaved so badly." "Fair enough." 「令我感到不快的是他太沒禮貌了。」「說得沒錯。」

  • Come on, it's my turn. Fair's fair! 得了吧，輪到我了。公正一點！

  • He didn't think that he got a fair hearing in court. 他覺得在法庭上沒有得到公正的申辯機會。

  • We won the match fair and square. 這場比賽我們贏得光明正大。

  • He hit me fair and square on the nose. 他不偏不倚打中我的鼻子。

• 1 (of skin) pale, or (of hair) pale yellow or gold -- （皮膚）白皙的；（頭髮）淺黃的，金色的

  • She's got fair hair and blue eyes. 她金髮碧眼。

  • a fair complexion 白皙的膚色

  • My sister has dark hair but my brother's fair (= he has fair hair). 我姐姐是黑髮，哥哥是金髮。

  • He's fair-haired. 他有一頭淺色頭髮。

  • All my family are fair-skinned. 我們全家人皮膚都很白。

• 2 quite large -- 相當大的

  • We've had a fair amount of rain this week. 本周我們這裡下了不少雨。

  • We've had a fair number of applicants. 我們已經有相當多的求職者。

  • It's a fair-sized garden. 這是一座不小的花園。

  • We've come a long way, but there's still a fair way (= quite a long distance) to go. 我們已經走了很長的路，但是還要走很久。

• 3 neither very good nor very bad -- 不好不壞的，一般的

  • Films are rated on a scale of poor, fair, good and excellent. 影片被評為優、良、中、差四等。

  • I was fair at science but it was never my thing. 我理科成績還算過得去，但我從來都不喜歡理科。

• 4 (of an idea, guess, or chance) good, but not excellent -- （想法、猜測或機會）相當好的，不錯的

  • I think I've got a fair idea of (= I understand reasonably well) what you want. 我想我很了解你想要甚麼。

  • She's got a fair chance of winning (= there is a reasonable chance that she will win). 她獲勝的可能性相當大。

• 5 (of weather) pleasant and dry -- （天氣）晴朗的

  • Fair weather was forecast for the following day. 氣象預報表示次日晴朗。

• 6 (of a woman) beautiful -- （女子）美麗的

  • a fair maiden 美麗的少女

• 7 a large public event where goods are bought and sold, usually from tables that have been specially arranged for the event, and where there is often entertainment -- 市集

  • I bought a wooden salad bowl at the local craft fair. 我在當地的手工藝品市集上買了個木製沙拉碗。

  • a book/antiques/toy fair 書展／古玩交易會／玩具展銷會

  • a trade fair 商品交易會

  • US a county/state fair 縣／州農畜產品市集

  • UK a cattle/agricultural fair 牲畜市場／農產品市集

  • the school fair 學校遊樂會