单词 | to be fair |
释义 | to be fairto be fair used when adding something after someone has been criticized, which helps to explain or excuse what they did 说句公道话 SYN in fairness She should have phoned to tell us what her plans were although, to be fair, she’s been very busy. 她应该打个电话把她的计划告诉我们。不过,说句公道话,她一直很忙。 Examples from the Corpus to be fair• This means not only that those procedures are seen and felt to be fair.• To be fair, art was only the start of my problems.• Now I want to be fair, even with the bankers, for they are pretty touchy now.• He's not playing very well but, to be fair, he did have a pretty serious injury.• To be fair, not all the credit for this belongs to Labour.• But, to be fair to myself, she could, at times, become a bona fide drone.• They should not try to be fair to other countries.• But at the same time, to be fair, we had a choice. → to be fair at fair1(SPOKEN SECT) |
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