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词汇归类： CET4,TEM4,考研,CET6,中高频词,基本词汇

近义词： sunny,mediocre,market,bazaar,festival,impartial,just,fete,honest,bright,exposition,square,light,pleasant,average,right,clear,whitish,affair

反义词： foul,unjust,unfair

fair词义

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adj. 公平的；美丽的，白皙的；[气象] 晴朗的adv. 公平地；直接地；清楚地vi. 转晴n. 展览会；市集；美人n. (Fair)人名；(英、芬)费尔

词态变化

复数: fairs;比较级: fairer;最高级: fairest;

中文词源

fair 美丽的，漂亮的，公平的

缩写自古英语faeger, 美丽的，漂亮的，来自PIE*pek, 使美丽，漂亮。词义由美丽引申为公平，公正。比较very, 原义为真实的，even, 原义为平的。

fair 集市，庙会

来自拉丁语feriae, 宗教节目，宗教集会，词源同festival.

fair双语例句

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1. I have a fair idea of how difficult things can be.: 我大致了解情况会有多困难。

2. The team also won praise for sportsmanship and fair play.: 该队还因其良好的体育精神及公平竞争精神而受到了表扬。

3. Frank Deford is a contributing editor for Vanity Fair magazine.: 弗兰克·德福特是杂志《名利场》的特约编辑。

4. It's a fair guess to say that the damage will be extensive.: 说损失会很严重想必猜得不错。

5. The signs suggest that the elections will be non-violent and fair.: 种种迹象表明选举将会是非暴力的、公正的。

fair英文词源

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fair: fair: English has two distinct words fair, one Germanic and the other Romance. The older, meaning ‘beautiful’ [OE], comes from a prehistoric Germanic *fagraz, which survives also in Swedish fager ‘beautiful’. It derived from a base *fag-, which seems originally to have meant ‘fitting, suitable’ (a variant of it was the ultimate source of fake and possibly also of the now archaic noun fig ‘clothes, array’, as in ‘in full fig’).

Of its main present-day meanings, ‘just, equitable’ developed in the 14th century and ‘not dark’ in the mid 16th century. Fair ‘festive event’ [13] comes from Old French feire. This was a descendant of late Latin fēria, a singular use of a noun which in classical times had been used in the plural, fēriae, for ‘holiday’. A close relative of fēriae was the adjective festus ‘joyous’, source of English feast, festival, festoon, and fête.
=> fake, feast, festival, festoon, fête, fig
fair (adj.): Old English fæger "pleasing to the sight (of persons and body features, also of objects, places, etc.); beautiful, handsome, attractive," of weather, "bright, clear, pleasant; not rainy," also in late Old English "morally good," from Proto-Germanic *fagraz (cognates: Old Saxon fagar, Old Norse fagr, Swedish fager, Old High German fagar "beautiful," Gothic fagrs "fit"), perhaps from PIE *pek- (1) "to make pretty" (cognates: Lithuanian puošiu "I decorate").

The meaning in reference to weather preserves the oldest sense "suitable, agreeable" (opposed to foul (adj.)). Of the main modern senses of the word, that of "light of complexion or color of hair and eyes, not dusky or sallow" (of persons) is from c. 1200, faire, contrasted to browne and reflecting tastes in beauty. From early 13c. as "according with propriety; according with justice," hence "equitable, impartial, just, free from bias" (mid-14c.).

Of wind, "not excessive; favorable for a ship's passage," from late 14c. Of handwriting from 1690s. From c. 1300 as "promising good fortune, auspicious." Also from c. 1300 as "above average, considerable, sizable." From 1860 as "comparatively good."

The sporting senses (fair ball, fair catch, etc.) began to appear in 1856. Fair play is from 1590s but not originally in sports. Fair-haired in the figurative sense of "darling, favorite" is from 1909. First record of fair-weather friends is from 1736 (in a letter from Pope published that year, written in 1730). The fair sex "women" is from 1660s, from the "beautiful" sense (fair as a noun meaning "a woman" is from early 15c.). Fair game "legitimate target" is from 1776, from hunting.
Others, who have not gone to such a height of audacious wickedness, have yet considered common prostitutes as fair game, which they might pursue without restraint. ["Advice from a Father to a Son, Just Entered into the Army and about to Go Abroad into Action," London, 1776]
fair (n.): "a stated market in a town or city; a regular meeting to buy, sell, or trade," early 14c., from Anglo-French feyre (late 13c.), from Old French feire, faire "fair, market; feast day," from Vulgar Latin *feria "holiday, market fair," from Latin feriae "religious festivals, holidays," related to festus "solemn, festive, joyous" (see feast (n.)).
fair (adv.): Old English fægere "beautifully," from fæger "beautiful" (see fair (adj.)). From c. 1300 as "honorably;" mid-14c. as "correctly; direct;" from 1510s as "clearly." Fair and square is from c. 1600. Fair-to-middling is from 1829, of livestock markets.

fair实用场景例句

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(especially British English)‘You should really have asked me first. ’ ‘Right, okay, fair comment . ’: “你本来应该先问我。”“对，不错，是这样。”

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。

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。

I think it is fair to say that they are pleased with this latest offer.: 我认为恰当地说，他们喜欢最近的这一次建议。

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。

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。

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？

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

I have a fair idea of how difficult things can be.: 我大致了解情况会有多困难。

Reimar had a fair command of English.: 赖马尔的英语说得还不错。

Both children were very like Robina, but were much fairer than she was.: 两个孩子都很像罗比娜，但头发颜色比她浅得多。

It's important to protect my fair skin from the sun.: 保护我白皙的皮肤不受日晒是很紧要的。

Weather conditions were fair.: 天气晴好。

...an antiques fair.: 古玩交易会

To be fair, the team is young and not yet settled...: 说句公道话，这个队还年轻，还没有成型。

And, let us be fair, some MPs do work hard.: 而且，说句公道话，有些下院议员工作还是很卖力的。

If you don't like it, fair enough, but that's hardly a justification to attack the whole thing...: 如果你不喜欢，这说得过去，但把它批得一无是处就没什么道理了。

Fair enough, you didn't have a perfectly happy childhood: but your childhood is over now.: 没错，你的童年生活不那么幸福：但它已经过去了。

'I'm taking it to our local police station.' — 'Oh right, fair enough.'...: “我要告到本地警察局。”——“呵，对，干得有理。”

'The message was addressed to me and I don't see why I should show it to you.' — 'Fair enough.': “这条信息是写给我的，我不明白为什么要给你看。”——“说得在理。”

The government is not playing fair, one union official told me.: 政府在搞鬼，一位工会官员告诉我。

It would be fair to say he had one or two unhappy moments out there...: 可以这么说，他在那里有过一两次不愉快。

I think it's fair to say that it didn't sound quite right.: 我想应该说那听起来可不太对。

There are no excuses. We were beaten fair and square.: 没话说，我们是给正大光明地打败的。

It's a fair guess to say that the damage will be extensive...: 说损失会很严重想必猜得不错。

My mother's brother lives a fair distance away so we don't see him and his family very often.: 我舅舅住在相当远的地方，所以我们很少见到他和他的家人。

My neighbours across the street travel a fair amount...: 我街对面的邻居游历甚广。

Do you feel they're paying their fair share?...: 你觉得他们付了该付的那份钱吗？

It didn't seem fair to leave out her father...: 将她父亲排除在外似乎不公平。

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