fair

英 [feə(r)] 美 [fer]

• adj. 公平的；晴朗的；美丽的; 相当的；（皮肤、毛发等）浅色的；白皙的
• n. 展览会；市集
• adv. 公平地，直接地

双解释义

adj. (形容词)

1. 公平的,公正的

   impartial

2. 中等的,尚可的,不错的

   average; moderately good

3. (天气)好的,晴朗的

   (of the weather) good; dry and fine

adv. (副词)

1. 公正地,直接地

   in a fair manner

n. (名词)

1. [C]集市

   market

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 美丽的
2. 合理的，公平的，公正的
3. 晴朗的
4. 有希望的
5. 干净的，清澈的，清洁的
6. 女性的
7. 鲜明的
8. 洁白的，（皮肤）白嫩的
9. 金色的
10. 畅快的，爽朗的，顺畅的
11. 好的
12. 正当的，正派的
13. 恰当的

n. 名词

1. 商品交易会，展销会，商品展览会，博览会
2. 庙会
3. 美好的事物
4. （定期）集市
5. 佳人，爱人
6. <旧>女人，女性，美女
7. <英>公共露天游乐场
8. 牲畜市场
9. 职业介绍会， 就业展览会
10. 义卖会，义卖市场

adv. 副词

1. 光明正大地
2. 公正地，正直地，公平地
3. 好
4. 清楚地，明白地
5. 谦和地，恳切地
6. 漂亮地
7. 幸亏，好在
8. 顺利地
9. 有望
10. 挺直地
11. 朝正面
12. 正
13. 按照规则

v. 动词

1. 好转，变好
2. 誊清
3. 【船，空】把...作成流线型，给予平滑、流线型的平面
4. 减阻
5. 整流
6. 修平，使表面平顺
7. 转晴，放晴

英英释义

Noun:

1. a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.

2. gathering of producers to promote business;

   "world fair"
   "trade fair"
   "book fair"
   

3. a competitive exhibition of farm products;

   "she won a blue ribbon for her baking at the county fair"
   

4. a sale of miscellany; often for charity;

   "the church bazaar"
   

Adjective:

1. free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules;

   "a fair referee"
   "fair deal"
   "on a fair footing"
   "a fair fight"
   "by fair means or foul"
   

2. not excessive or extreme;

   "a fairish income"
   "reasonable prices"
   

3. very pleasing to the eye;

   "my bonny lass"
   "there's a bonny bay beyond"
   "a comely face"
   "young fair maidens"
   

4. (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines;

   "he hit a fair ball over the third base bag"
   

5. lacking exceptional quality or ability;

   "a novel of average merit"
   "only a fair performance of the sonata"
   "in fair health"
   "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"
   "the performance was middling at best"
   

6. attractively feminine;

   "the fair sex"
   

7. (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections;

   "fair copy"
   "a clean manuscript"
   

8. gained or earned without cheating or stealing;

   "an honest wage"
   "an fair penny"
   

9. free of clouds or rain;

   "today will be fair and warm"
   

10. (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored;

    "a fair complexion"
    

Adverb:

1. in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating;

   "they played fairly"
   

2. without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner;

   "deal fairly with one another"
   

Verb:

1. join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. He won the game fair and square.
   他赢得这次比赛是公平的。
2. Soames said that he was not getting a fair go.
   索米斯说他没有得到公平的对待。
3. The rainbow promises fair weather.
   虹预示晴朗的天气。
4. A foul morning may turn to a fair day.
   天气不好的早晨能变成晴朗的白天。

用作名词 (n.)

1. The visitors spied the exhibits at the fair.
   参观者细细察看展览会上的陈列品。
2. Do you want to pre-register the following Fair?
   请问阁下是否有兴趣优先登记以下展览会？
3. There is a fair in the town square.
   市中心广场有个市集。
4. I laughed at her at the fair, and this happened to me!
   我在市集嘲笑了她，然后事情就发生了！

常见句型

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. It was a fair judgement.
   这是个公正的裁判。
2. She deserves a fair trial.
   她应该得到公正的审判。
3. It was a fair fight.
   那是一场公正的比赛。
4. I will see fair play.
   我会秉公处理的。
5. We want to see that this man gets fair treatment.
   我们想设法使这个人得到公平的待遇。
6. It's a fair journey to the railway station.
   去火车站路相当远。
7. Their house is a fair size.
   他们的房子相当大。
8. We met on a fair day.
   我们在一个晴朗的日子见面了。
9. They set sail with the first fair wind.
   他们一有顺风就扬帆起航。
10. He met a girl with fair hair and skin.
    他遇到一位金发白肤的少女。

用作表语

S+be+～

1. Be fair, my dear. It's not their fault.
   请公正些,亲爱的,这不是他们的错。
2. A judge must be fair.
   法官应该公正。
3. The punishment was quite fair.
   这一惩罚十分公正。
4. The profit was fair but not as big as they had hoped.
   利润尚可,但不如原先希望的那么丰厚。
5. His work is only fair, certainly not distinguished.
   他的工作成绩只不过一般,远不算出色。
6. His exam results were not wonderful, but they were fair.
   尽管他的考试成绩不优秀,但尚好。
7. His knowledge of French is fair, but ought to be better.
   他法语还不错,但应该再好些。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

1. That's fair of you.
   你干得很公正。
2. She is fair and just in judgement.
   她的判断公平合理。
3. He is fair to people he dislikes.
   他对他讨厌的人也公平对待。
4. I don't think you're fair to me.
   我认为你对我不公平。
5. The rules are fair to every player.
   规则对每位运动员来说都是公平的。
6. We should be fair with one another.
   我们彼此应该光明正大。
7. Do you think the weather will be fair for our journey?
   你认为我们旅行期间天气会晴吗?

It is/was+～+to- v

1. It's not fair to give him the prize.
   让他获奖是不公正的。
2. It wouldn't be fair to disturb the children's education at this stage.
   让孩子们在这个时期终止学业是不公平的。

用作副词 (adv.)

用作状语

1. He speaks fair.
   他讲话彬彬有礼。

用作名词 (n.)

1. The village has a fair once a month.
   这村子每月有一次集市。
2. At the county fair last year, prizes were given for the best farm products and livestock.
   在去年全县交易会上,最好的农产品和家畜都得了奖。
3. Our church held a fair to raise money for charity.
   我们教堂举办了一次义卖会为慈善事业筹款。

经典引文

• A mere cattle-fair; no booths with toys and sweeties.

  出自： J. Carlyle

• The fair came once a year with the swings and roundabouts and bumping cars.

  出自： R. Dahl

• The fairest of her daughters Eve.

  出自： Milton

• A fair building is..worth the ground it stands on.

  出自： J. Ruskin

常用短语

用作形容词 (adj.)

fair enough

同意或接受但有所保留 agree

用作副词 (adv.)

fair and square

正中目标 exactly on target

play fair

公平地比赛或行事 play or act fairly, following rules or accepted standards

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• fair allocation of funds 资金的公平分配
• fair chance of success 相当大的成功可能性
• fair complexion 白嫩的皮肤
• fair fame 清白的名声
• fair heritage 大笔遗产
• fair judge 公正的法官
• fair landscape 美景
• fair play 公平的比赛
• fair prospect 充满希望的前景
• fair sky 晴空
• fair treatment 公平的待遇
• fair trial 公平的审判
• fair weather 天气晴朗
• fair word 花言巧语

副词+～

• merely fair 一般水平
• perfectly fair 完全公正
• scrupulously fair 绝对公正

～+介词

• fair in buying and selling 买卖公平
• fair of sb 对某人公平
• fair to both sides 对双方都公平
• fair with each other 互相公平对待

用作副词 (adv.)

动词+～

• play fair 做得公平
• speak fair 说话彬彬有礼

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• have fair 举行交易会
• hold fair 举办交易会

形容词+～

• agricultural fair 农产品展览会
• annual fair 年度交易会
• industrial fair 工业品展览会

名词+～

• book fair 书展
• cattle fair 牛市
• livestock fair 牲口集市
• night fair 夜市
• village fair 乡村集市
• world fair 世博会

介词+～

• at fair 在交易会上

词语用法

1. fair作为形容词解释为“美丽的”，这种用法现在不常用了；
2. fair解释为“还算好的”或“说的过去的”意思时，短语有：fair knowledge，fair specime，fair ability；
3. 当fairly解释为“还算好地”或”说的过去地”，通常用来修饰褒义词，而非贬义，如fairly bad或fairly dangerous，都不可以；
4. fair短语表述方式例：play fair (办事公正合理），hit fair (依照规则出击），fight fair (依照规则开打）；
5. fairly的短语表述方式例：treat him fairly，deal fairly with them。

adj. (形容词)

1. fair的基本意思是“公平的,公正的”,指在处理某事的过程中采取不偏不倚的态度,着重从结果方面表示事情合理,含有当事各方都不吃亏的意味。fair还可指事情不算好,也不算坏,处于中间位置,即“中等的,尚可的,不错的”。fair还可指“(天气)好的,晴朗的”,引申可指“浅色的”。
2. fair后常接比赛、待遇等抽象名词。

adv. (副词)

1. fair用作副词时的意思是“公正地,直接地”,指在处理某事时保持着公平、公正的心态,确保某事达到公正的效果。

n. (名词)

1. fair用作名词时的意思是“集市”,一般指在乡镇中举行的、定期的交易会。引申可指“国际性的博览会”。fair后有时可接动词不定式。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

fair, market

• 这两个词的共同意思是“集市”。其区别是：
• fair指定期的“集市”,一般在乡村或集镇举行,引申为“国际性的博览会”; market指经常出售货品的“市集”,即经济学上所指的“市场”。例如:
• I bought this pen at Dong An Market.我这支笔是在东安市场买的。

beautiful，fair，handsome，lovely，pretty，fine

• 这些形容词均含“美丽的，漂亮的”之意。
• beautiful普通用词，含义广泛，语气最强，指优美和谐，是一种几乎接近完美的美。指人时通常形容女人或小孩，很少用于描写男子。
• fair正式用词，多用于文学中，形容女子和儿童，侧重外表的美。
• handsome多用于描写男性的英俊潇洒。有时也形容女人，指其五官端正，体态秀丽。
• lovely普通用词，描写人时，主要指女人和小孩的相貌，语气不如beautiful强。
• pretty普通用词，语气比beautiful弱，多用于描写妇女、儿童以及小巧玲珑，精美可爱之物。
• fine指在容貌、身材或风度等方面令人感到可爱。用于事物时，强调形式或内容的优美。

impartial，just，fair，neutral，objective

• 这些形容词均有“公正的、公平的、不偏不倚的”之意。
• impartial侧重对任何人或任何一方没有成见或偏袒。
• just多用于庄重场合，指不受个人利益得失或感情倾向的影响，侧重按照公认的准则或标准处理问题。
• fair普通常用词，指不偏不倚地对待人和物，侧重不受个人感情、偏见或利益所影响。
• neutral强调持中立态度，不偏袒任何一方，甚至不作最后的裁决。
• objective着重客观、真实，不为个人偏见、兴趣、感情或看法所左右。

常见错误

adv. (副词)

1. 他被对手指责没有公平地进行比赛。

   误 He was accused by his opponents for not playing fairly.

   正 He was accused by his opponents for not playing fair.

   析 在短语play fair中fair不能用fairly来代替。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的fger，意为美丽，喜悦；最初源自原始印欧语的fag，意为适合的。

近反义词

【近义词】

• impartial
• just
• objective
• unbiased
• average
• ordinary
• pleasant
• sunny
• bazaar
• carnival
• exhibit
• exhibition
• market

【反义词】

• biased
• prejudiced
• unfair
• unjust
• cloudy
• stormy