音标
英 /feə(r)/,美 /fer/
意思
形容词:公平的;合理的;相当大的;浅色的(头发/皮肤);晴朗的;一般的
例:It didn't seem fair to leave out her father.(将她的父亲排除在外似乎不公平。)
例:She has long fair hair and fair skin.(她有一头浅色长发和白皙皮肤。)
名词:集市;商品展销会;露天游乐场
例:Every autumn I go to the county fair.(每年秋天我都去县里的集市。)
例:...an antiques fair.(……一个古董展销会。)
副词:公平地;直接地
例:He won the game fair and square.(他光明正大地赢得了比赛。)
用法
形容词比较级/最高级:fairer, fairest
副词形式:fairly(公平地)
常见搭配:
fair play(公平竞争)
fair use(合理使用)
trade fair(商品交易会)
例句
The punishment was very fair.(这个处罚很公正。)
Do you feel they're paying their fair share?(你觉得他们正支付自己应分担的那一份吗?)
Weather conditions were fair.(天气状况晴好。)
I wanted them to get a fair deal.(我希望他们得到公平的交易。)
Reimar had a fair command of English.(赖马尔具备一般的英语水平。)
Let's take the kids to the fair.(咱们带孩子们去游乐场吧。)
'It isn't fair!', he exclaimed angrily.(“这不公平!”他气愤地喊道。)
UN monitors declared the referendum fair.(联合国核查员宣布这次全民投票是公正的。)
A fair number of people came along.(有相当多的人来了。)
It's a fair guess to say that the damage will be extensive.(说破坏将很严重是合理的猜测。)
短语搭配
Vanity Fair(《名利场》,小说/电影名)
My Fair Lady(《窈窕淑女》,音乐剧/电影名)
job fair(招聘会)
fair enough(有道理;说得对)
to be fair(公平地说)
辨析
fair vs. just:两者均含“公平的”之意。fair侧重不受个人偏见影响,如 fair decision(公正的决定);just强调符合道德或法律准则,如 a just law(公正的法律)。
从职场的“fair treatment”(公平待遇)到生活中的“county fair”(乡村集市),fair的多义性反映了英语中“公平”与“公开”的深层关联。下次描述肤色、天气或评价规则时,不妨试试这个兼具温度与理性的词汇。