fair /fɛə/ star4 CET4 TEM4 (fairer,fairs,fairest)

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  ADJ（形容词） Something or someone that is fair is reasonable, right, and just. 公平的

  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。

• 2.  

  ADV（副词） fairly 公平地

  例：

  ...demonstrating concern for employees and solving their problems quickly and fairly.

  …证实对雇员的关注以及迅速公平地解决他们的问题。

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  ADJ（形容词） A fair amount, degree, size, or distance is quite a large amount, degree, size, or distance. 相当大的; 相当远的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  My neighbours across the street travel a fair amount.

  我街对面的邻居们去过相当多的地方。

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  ADJ（形容词） A fair guess or idea about something is one that is likely to be correct. 合理的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  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。

• 5.  

  ADJ（形容词） If you describe someone or something as fair, you mean that they are average in standard or quality, neither very good nor very bad. 一般的

  例：

  Reimar had a fair command of English.

  赖马尔具备一般的英语水平。

• 6.  

  ADJ（形容词） Someone who is fair, or who has fair hair, has light-coloured hair. 浅色头发的

  例：

  Both children were very like Robina, but were much fairer than she was.

  两个孩子都很像罗比娜，但是头发颜色比她的浅得多。

• 7.  

  COMB in ADJ（与形容词结合的复合词） Fair is also a combining form. 金发的

  例：

  ...a tall, fair-haired man.

  …一个金发的高个男人。

• 8.  

  ADJ（形容词） Fair skin is very pale and usually burns easily. 白皙的

  例：

  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重要的。

• 9.  

  COMB in ADJ（与形容词结合的复合词） Fair is also a combining form. 白皙的

  例：

  Fair-skinned people who spend a great deal of time in the sun have the greatest risk of skin cancer.

  皮肤白皙的人长时间待在太阳底下患皮肤癌的危险最大。

• 10.  

  ADJ（形容词） When the weather is fair, it is quite sunny and not raining. 晴的 [正式]

  例：

  Weather conditions were fair.

  天气状况晴好。

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  N-COUNT（可数名词） A county, state, or country fair is an event where there are, for example, displays of goods and animals, and amusements, games, and competitions. 集市

  例：

  Every autumn I go to the county fair.

  每个秋季我都去县里的集市。

• 12.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） A fair is an event at which people display and sell goods, especially goods of a particular type. 商品展销会

  例：

  ...an antiques fair.

  …一个古董展销会。

• 13.  

  （） → see also trade fair
• 14.  

  ADV（副词） in a fair way; correctly 恰当地

  例：

  act fair, now!

• 15.  

  ADV（副词） absolutely or squarely; quite 完全地; 直接地

  例：

  the question caught him fair off his guard

• 16.  

  ADV（副词） really or very 真正地; 非常地 [DIALECT]

  例：

  fair tired

• 17.  

  PHRASE（习语） You use fair enough when you want to say that a statement, decision, or action seems reasonable to a certain extent, but that perhaps there is more to be said or done. 说得过去 [口语]

  例：

  If you don't like it, fair enough, but that's hardly a justification to attack the whole thing.

  如果你不喜欢它，可以，但把它说得一无是处就没什么道理了。

• 18.  

  PHRASE（习语） If you say that someone won a competition fair and square, you mean that they won honestly and without cheating. 正大光明地

  例：

  There are no excuses. We were beaten fair and square.

  没有什么借口，我们被正大光明地打败了。