fair1
A adjective
1 (just, impartial) 公正的;
a fair trial 公正的审判;
she's scrupulously fair 她一丝不苟,秉公办事;
she's fair to her employees 她公平对待员工
2 (reasonable) 合理的;
a fair wage/question 合理的工资/恰当的问题;
she wants her fair share 她想要她该得的那一份;
to be fair (to them) or let's be fair (to them), they were acting in good faith 说句公道话,他们是出于好心;
it's only fair that both sides should be heard 双方的说法都应该听听才对;
fair enough informal (admitting sth is reasonable) 有道理; (admitting sth is acceptable) 可以;
I can't come — fair enough 我不能来了──行;
all this is fair enough, but where is it leading? 这些都很有道理,但目的是什么?;
to give sb a fair deal or a fair shake informal 给某人公平待遇;
fair exchange is no robbery 公平交易绝非抢夺;
it's a fair cop informal 这是罪有应得;
to get a fair crack at or of the whip British informal 得到合理机会;
fair dos or do's British informal 大家都要公平;
to be fair game for sb 是某人的抨击目标;
she was fair game for the critics 她是评论家们的评论对象;
by fair means or foul 不择手段;
fair's fair informal 公平地说;
they didn't give me the job, but fair's fair, they did interview me 他们没有给我这个工作,但实事求是地讲,他们确实给了我面试;
(more than) one's fair share of sth (超过)合理的数量;
I've had my fair share of success in the past 过去我已经取得了应有的成功;
she's had more than her fair share of problems 她遇到了太多的问题
3 (reasonably good) 尚好的;
I have a fair knowledge of French 我的法语知识还算可以;
I'm afraid her schoolwork is only fair 很遗憾,她的功课只是一般般;
fair to middling 马马虎虎
4 attrib (good, high, large) 相当;
of a fair size/length 相当大的/长的;
to go at a fair pace 走得相当快;
she was a fair way towards her goal 她很有希望成功
5 (fine) 晴朗的 ‹weather›;
the weather forecast was fair 天气预报是晴天
6 Nautical 顺风的;
a fair wind 顺风
7 (light-coloured) 浅色的;
a fair complexion 白皙的肤色;
he's fair (fair-skinned) 他皮肤白皙; (fair-haired) 他长着浅色头发