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adjective fɛːfɛr 1Treating people equally without favouritism or discrimination. 公正的，公平的 the group has achieved fair and equal representation for all its members 该团体为其全体成员争取到了公正平等的代表权。 a fairer distribution of wealth Example sentencesExamples - It is good to see that once more, our courtrooms will return to normalcy, discharging justice to the nation in a free and fair manner.
- Lawyers will claim that the system is so corrupt that it breaches obligations under the European convention on human rights to hold free and fair elections.
- It is also just fair to agree that Government has provided a free atmosphere that has laid a good groundwork to a free and fair election.
- The role of government is to provide everyone with a fair chance to pursue success.
- The parliamentary election last May was recognized as generally fair by international observers.
- Free and fair elections look a near impossibility.
- It has no independent political parties, no free and fair elections, and no independent news media.
- ‘This shows that left alone, they can conduct free and fair elections,’ said Odinga.
- But how do you have free and fair elections under an occupation, under a foreign occupation?
- Perhaps it is true that scientific opinion polls are inappropriate for a society that has never known free and fair elections before.
- Everyone has the means to gain knowledge of the law, which in turn makes legal systems more fair.
- Free and fair elections also include a well-informed electorate.
- He won the first free and fair election in the country's history with 67 percent of the vote.
- It is impossible, with the best of wills to conduct free and fair elections under occupation with a war of attrition taking place between rebels and occupiers.
- It's a very, very difficult task to setup a democratic and free and fair society out of the ashes of that dictatorship.
- Was this a free and fair election to the best of your information?
- In addition, they should continue calls for a political settlement that reflects the results of the free and fair elections held in 1990.
- He said the company's internal disciplinary hearings procedure have been found by the Labour Court to be fair and proper.
- The EC announced elections to be held now on December 10 after it was satisfied that now free and fair elections can be held.
- They will give the judge a scrupulously fair trial.
Synonyms just, equitable, fair-minded, open-minded, honest, upright, honourable, trustworthy impartial, unbiased, unprejudiced, non-partisan, non-discriminatory, anti-discrimination, objective, neutral, even-handed, dispassionate, disinterested, detached above board, lawful, legal, legitimate, proper, good informal legit, kosher, pukka, on the level, square North American informal on the up and up - 1.1 Just or appropriate in the circumstances.
公正的；恰当的 to be fair, this subject poses special problems 公正地说，这课题带来了特殊问题。 it's not fair to take it out on her Example sentencesExamples - There are a set of rules that the Congress and the department have worked out over years that are assumed to be fair and reasonable.
- She said she wanted to be fair but also avoid litigation.
- To be fair, Stork's reasoning has a certain justification.
- To be fair, the reason for the outage is likely to have been something beyond their control.
- To be fair, Lloyd-Jones certainly recognised that there was merit in such a procedure.
- They would need to be fair and reasonable, and the fees would need to provide the board with adequate funding.
- To be fair, we did get some halfway reasonable coverage afterwards.
- So we thought it would be eminently fair to compare the performance of the two drives.
- Now to be fair to therapists, I don't know whether my therapist Linda was a bad one, or if she was just fine and just not the right one for me.
- I have tried to be fair, reasonable and upfront with information.
- To be fair, civilians often underestimate the stress that military service places on one's personal life.
- However, he wants to be fair to you and for that reason wishes to set up a mechanism whereby repayment of your investment can be effected.
- The law governing shoppers' rights requires consumers to be fair and reasonable in their expectations.
- She deserves a fair hearing judged upon her own merits, capacities and contributions.
- The judges said they found the commission's decision to be fair and reasonable.
- I have generally found the vast majority to be fair and reasonable, and far from hostile.
- To be fair, there is a practical reason for placing the sketch at the end.
- Demand for the service is growing fast - although, to be fair, not all brands would find the medium suitable.
- In determining wages, salaries and perks, especially in a time of plenty, Government must not only be fair, but it must be seen to be fair.
- 1.2archaic (of a means or procedure) not violent.
〈古〉（手段，方法）温和的；非暴力的
2(of hair or complexion) light; blonde. （头发）金色的；（肤色）白皙的 a pretty girl with long fair hair Example sentencesExamples - He was short and thin, with fair hair and a light sprinkle of freckles on his nose.
- More procedures may be required for advanced baldness or for individuals with very dark hair and fair complexion.
- He is described as being medium build with a fair complexion and light brown hair.
- She was pretty, with blonde hair and fair skin, but her eyes seemed distant, if worried.
- She had waist length brown hair, with hazel eyes, high cheekbones and a fair complexion.
- All I can make out is that she has black hair and eyes, a fair complexion, and a very bad temper.
- Coren pointed to the tallest guy, who had very fair skin, platinum blonde hair, and very dark black eyes.
- The suspect is said to be in his 50s, has a light complexion and fair hair and weighs about 185 pounds.
- Berry shades for example suit olive skins, while reds with pinkish undertones work best on those with fair complexions and fair hair.
- His short black hair matched the jacket and provided a contrast to his fair complexion.
- Finally, bold colors tend to be unflattering on men with fair hair and light skin.
- For blondes, chamomile can lighten fair hair when used as a rinse.
- Her hair was fair, and lay in a knot of yellow behind her head.
- The male is white, in his 20s, 5ft 4in tall, with fair hair and a pale complexion.
- She had long blonde hair and fair skin that looked as if it had never been in the sun.
- Glancing up she quickly scanned the merry faces, looking for one with light skin and fair hair.
- Morgan and Basil were both under the light, their fair hair standing out like beacons in a fog.
- The morning sunlight cast golden shades on her father's fair hair, picking out the silvering strands.
- He was distracted momentarily by the way the light played off her fair skin and golden hair.
- The second person, a female with long blonde hair and fair skin, walked up to the middle podium.
Synonyms blond(e), yellow, yellowish, golden, flaxen, light, light brown, light-coloured, strawberry blonde, tow-coloured, platinum, ash blonde, bleached, bleached-blonde, sun-bleached, peroxide, bottle-blonde fair-haired, light-haired, golden-haired, flaxen-haired, tow-headed pale, light, light-coloured, white, cream-coloured, creamy, peaches and cream light-skinned, fair-skinned - 2.1 (of a person) having a light complexion or hair.
（人）金发白肤的 he's very fair with blue eyes Example sentencesExamples - He was a skinny, fair boy with hair as light as sunshine and eyes as blue as the sky itself.
- At Singhpora, as I sat in the booth, a tall, fair young man entered, got himself ink-marked but begged not to be forced to vote.
- She was fair, had long hair and had all the makings of a performer.
- The darker your skin, the more likely you are to see changes; if you're very fair or have red hair you may not notice any at all.
- Among them was a young princess, Lavena, the fair daughter of King Edward Longshanks.
- Jessica is tanned and has shoulder-length brown hair while Holly is fair and has blonde hair.
- The fair women seem to have a layer of light hiding beneath their skin.
3Considerable though not outstanding in size or amount. （大小或数量）相当大（或多）的 he did a fair bit of coaching 他做了相当多的辅导工作。 Example sentencesExamples - She looked up at him, seeing as he was a fair amount taller than her, and smirked a bit.
- One room looked a bit like ballroom only much smaller - a fair amount of faux glitz on the walls, a decent amount of light and a trestle-tabled bar on one wall.
- I wrote quite a bit, and I took a fair amount of pictures, some of which I've shown, and some of which have been published in different places.
- I did it very quickly, though I'd given a fair amount of consideration to each award in the recent weeks.
- A little bit of a friendly debate went on for a fair amount of time.
- He is giving the matter a fair amount of considerable and is at that ‘in between’ situation at the moment.
- Tracking down other dead notables often took a fair amount of detective work.
- Colors are a bit faded, the image is a bit soft, and there is a fair amount of grain from the source elements.
- The good news is that with a little bit of cash, a lot of imagination and a fair amount of hard work you can transform your bathroom into a room of which you can be proud.
- The big peat shed still has a fair amount of peat and a good bit of other rubbish in it including an old moped!
- As a student, I did a fair amount of acting with the university dramatic society.
- They performed a few jumps, flips and a fair amount of swimming, just visible to the naked eye.
- To get a solid image, it's important to have a fair amount of paint on the stamp.
- Alissa's dad thinks that's a fair amount that will teach her to be a bit more careful.
- I get a fair amount of spam that is clearly illegal already under the rules governing fraud.
- As one who's had to read a fair number of toddler books over the past years, I'll always have a soft spot for this one.
- ‘We did a fair amount of walking and I really noticed the difference in my fitness,’ he says.
- Obviously, that would have taken a fair bit of time and a lot of consideration.
- There is a fair amount of speckling, a bit of debris, and some grain in evidence, but no edge effects.
- That's when somebody noticed that Bayer was getting a fair amount of mention in the national press, albeit in the sports pages.
Synonyms reasonable, passable, tolerable, satisfactory, acceptable, respectable, decent, all right, good enough, goodish, pretty good, not bad, moderate, average, middling, ample, adequate, sufficient informal OK, okay, so-so, fair-to-middling - 3.1 Moderately good.
he believes he has a fair chance of success 他认为自己的成功机会相当大。 Example sentencesExamples - Yes, I accept that, but the test really is whether the appellant lost a fair chance of acquittal reasonably open to him.
- But since he's a very healthy man and is very young, the chances are fair to good, I would say.
- That would be a great achievement, and one at which I have a fair chance of success.
- I wanted to give the film a fair chance and I didn't feel like my opinions would be valid if I left before the end.
- The feeling was that we would have a fair chance of funding for this sort of thing.
- When there is a fair chance of getting away with these minor misdemeanors without punishment there will be not deterrence.
- This situation would apply at least until the end of 2006 and it seems to have a fair chance of acceptance and implementation.
- I think that there is here an argument, with a fair chance of success, that the claim here is different.
- Everybody should have a fair chance and succeed or fail at it.
- Another was listed in serious condition and the third was in fair condition, both at the Lakeview Medical Centre.
- Knowing the state of the rails, though, it'll only take half an inch to stop the trains from running, so the chances are fair to good, I'd say.
- As there was nobody else about, there was a fair chance he was also waiting for the minibus to take us to one of Ecuador's many splendid lagunas.
- Acting opposite Ashmit Patel, another newcomer, the movie gives them both a fair chance to show off their skills.
- That means the rich don't get obscenely wealthy and the poor have a fair chance of good health, reasonable housing and a decent education.
- UK ministers regard the bid as standing a fair chance of success and believe that it will prove popular with the public.
- Where plants have been flooded or forced to stand for many days in waterlogged soil, there is a fair chance that some root damage will have resulted.
- There's a fair chance they will have been air-freighted in from Africa or South America, at an unsustainable cost to the environment.
- If they can be, and the product is well marketed, then there is a fair chance of success.
- If school choice is given a fair chance, its success or failure should be determined by results.
- Children born in one of the industrialized countries have a fair chance of reaching an average 78 years of age.
Synonyms reasonable, passable, tolerable, satisfactory, acceptable, respectable, decent, all right, good enough, goodish, pretty good, not bad, moderate, average, middling, ample, adequate, sufficient - 3.2Australian, NZ informal Complete; utter.
这头母牛简直像头蠢猪。 Example sentencesExamples - The fair fool Noel has taken a week-long fancy to me, and I am making an age-long fool of him.
4(of weather) fine and dry. （天气）晴朗的；晴好的 Example sentencesExamples - With fair weather, members of the public attending were able to sample and buy produce grown by the allotment tenants.
- Only fair weather and a buggy could tempt me, and, if a little food was involved, I think I could find a round of golf quite agreeable.
- As the work progressed, Marsh stalked its perimeter in fair weather or surveyed the site from the comfort of a warm room when it was raining or snowing.
- Conversely, road rage is most likely to occur on Friday afternoons, in peak travel times and in fair weather.
- If the weather is fair, she sits outside, often with her legs dangling over the precipice, the spyglass propped between her knees.
- The work was said to be subject to fair weather conditions, in which case it would be carried out as soon as possible.
- But Muriel, 65, always a keen walker, does not only step out in fair weather.
- During fair weather they frequently roost in hardwood knolls and the edges of hillside benches.
- Time is precious as olives can only harvest in fair weather, so everybody is allocated a job.
- In fair weather, she could quite happily sit for hours amongst her flowers.
- Perhaps it's the fair weather and calm conditions which had undermined the Scottish contingent's tilt at the title.
- You can forget all the cliches about fair weather and sunny days ahead for the founders of Intrallect.
- For that matter even on fair weather days it is hard to safely occupy two small children.
- After all, the months of May to August have a reasonable chance of being fair.
- It's not like I'm a fair weather fan whose team is losing so she gives up.
- York's tour buses trundle around their circuit come fair weather or foul.
- Johan Stander, a weather forecaster at the Cape Town weather office, said fair weather was expected until Thursday.
- As much as night can seem black and choking in an isolated room up high, it was almost non-existent when the weather was fair.
- She has been practising voraciously over the winter, and is determined to nail once and for all any accusation that she is a fair weather golfer.
- The sun is out and the fair weather bench-lunchers come out from out of their rocks.
Synonyms fine, dry, bright, clear, sunny, sunshiny, sunlit, cloudless, without a cloud in the sky warm, balmy, summery, clement, benign, agreeable, pleasant, good - 4.1 (of the wind) favourable.
（风）顺的 they set sail with a fair wind 他们乘着顺风起航了。 Example sentencesExamples - However, for the most part, the acrimony was abandoned at the side of the road and business proceeded with a fair wind.
- That's true even if the forecast is for sunny skies and fair winds.
- The fair wind shows the watchmen on the walls a black fleet coming up the river.
- Anecdotally, the former journalist and television presenter has a fair wind behind her.
- All sides hope it can get a fair wind and bring an end to the stop-start episodes.
- There was a fair wind blowing now and the snow was starting to come down again.
- When it came to rounding up cattle, it was often said that you needed three things: a good man, a good horse and a fair wind.
- Given a fair wind, some analysts believe the shares could make it to €12.
- The ship had caught a swift moving current and a fair breeze in her sail, carrying them towards the open seas at a ripping pace.
- It was a beautiful evening, with fair winds, tranquility, a pleasant picture of a family and delicacies on the plate in front of me!
- Inevitably, in these conditions, the impetus to politics, given a fair wind, was bound to grow.
- I wish it fair wind and every success on its journey - the project and the people deserve it, Bishop Murphy said.
- Such a fresh start might just be the fair wind and favourable sea for which I seem to be waiting.
- As both relied on fair winds for their ocean travels, the bird was welcomed as a kindred spirit.
- May a fair wind ever find you and ease the burdens of your day.
- Still, advance bookings are running high: Scots do tend to give new routes a fair wind.
- A fair wind and dry conditions led to some very good scoring at the unusually quiet Green Valley layout.
- My understanding is that with a fair wind behind him he may get a slightly bigger budget next time.
Synonyms favourable, advantageous, helpful, benign, beneficial opportune, timely on one's side, in one's favour
5archaic Beautiful. 〈古〉美女 the fairest of her daughters 她女儿中最漂亮的一位。 Example sentencesExamples - It gave a beautiful song in its fair voice, but in the middle of its song, it suddenly stopped.
- Its silver reflection lay delicately on the calm, deep blue water, like the shimmering gown of a fair lady.
- Tall, beautiful, fair, his appearance was greeted with a low hum of admiration and anxiety.
- Always one of the festival's more popular events, people can catch up with all the fair ladies at the various events over the coming days.
- Elves were once known, even by humans, to be a fair and beautiful race of species.
Synonyms beautiful, pretty, lovely, attractive, good-looking, nice-looking, gorgeous, stunning, striking, arresting, captivating, prepossessing, winning, enchanting, appealing, ravishing, desirable, luscious, nubile - 5.1 (of words) specious despite being initially attractive.
（言语，谈话，许诺）花言巧语的 the Sophists have plenty of brave words and fair devices Example sentencesExamples - Titania was stunned by the fair words that graced the paper, but she couldn't for the life of her figure out who wrote it.
- After a month of fair words Artois came away in April 1793 with a jewelled sword inscribed With God, for the King but no more tangible support.
adverb fɛːfɛr 1Without cheating or trying to achieve unjust advantage. 公正地；公平地 no one could say he played fair 没人能说他办事公正。 Example sentencesExamples - With his trusty horse Trigger, Rogers played the straight-shooting good guy who always fought fair - instead of killing the bad guys, he would shoot the gun out of their hands - and always lived to sing about it.
- I hate to put it that way, but in my book, you ought to go out there to play to win, but you ought to play fair, you have to play by the rules, and these are things you should learn as a kid.
2dialect as submodifier To a high degree. 〈方〉很，非常，相当 she'll be fair delighted to see you 见到你她会非常高兴。 Example sentencesExamples - I'm fair tuckered out with the excitement of it all.
- As you may imagine she was fair delighted, and thought how pleased the King would be when he came home and found that his dearest wish had been fulfilled.
noun fɛːfɛr archaic A beautiful woman. 〈古〉美女 pursuing his fair in a solitary street
verb fɛːfɛr [no object]dialect (of the weather) become fine. 〈方〉（天气）变得晴朗（或晴好） looks like it's fairing off some 看上去天气一点一点地好起来了。 Example sentencesExamples - Highland Council engineers responded to the disaster with alacrity and, as soon as the weather faired, had a team of divers on the scene to check that nothing dangerous to shipping lay beneath the water.
- John Bowes, Mayor of Kirkbymoorside, said: ‘The weather faired up and the parade and service were both excellent.’
- The weather faired, and our general caused our great pinnace to be made ready, and to row along the coast,
Phrasesall's fair in love and war proverb In certain highly charged situations, any method of achieving your objective is justifiable. 〈谚〉情场和战场均可不择手段（喻指：在特定情况下，什么事都可以做） Example sentencesExamples - From Cole's perspective, all's fair in love and war, and collecting art was war.
- I suppose all's fair in love and war then, huh?
- ‘Sorry, honey,’ Kyle remarked, ‘but all's fair in love and war.’
- ‘We're at the point now where all's fair in love and war, and politics is war,’ said Larry Sabato, a political science professor at the University of Virginia.
- They say all's fair in love and war, but what about contracts?
- You know, all's fair in love and war, as they say.
- ‘I really shouldn't like him since I know Pheobe kind of does,’ Treena thought to herself. ‘But as they say, all's fair in love and war.’
- I want her back and am currently waging a war of emotions on her to convince her of my true love for her (Hey, all's fair in love and war.)
- With reference to your heading for Brian Munn's letter ‘Unfair attack on hunting fraternity’ - all's fair in love and war.
- Well, Larry, I've got to tell you something, as far as what happens in a courtroom, it's basically all's fair in love and war.
humorous, literary Using whatever means are necessary. 不择手段地；想方设法地；无论如何 they were determined to win, by fair means or foul 他们决心想尽一切办法确保胜利。 Example sentencesExamples - Here, of course, was a classic case of Machiavellian politics: the attempt to bend the will of the party to his view by fair means or foul.
- The key question facing the country now is this: will the existing regime allow this process of democratisation to gather momentum, or will it seek to arrest its development and entrench itself in power by fair means or foul?
- They are in competition with each other, trying to capture the ‘emerging markets' of developing nations by fair means or foul.
- As long as he gets his man - by fair means or foul - Sgt Eldon Perry reckons anything goes in order to maintain law and order.
- And the higher you've climbed up the greasy pole, by fair means or foul, the further you have to fall.
- At the crack of dawn, my over-excitable mother used to wake the household on Christmas morning, and by fair means or foul, persuade us to get up and go downstairs to ‘see if he has been’.
- The script begins with the internal voice of Standish declaring: ‘I made up my mind there and then that I had to have her whether she was free or not, with or without her consent, by fair means or foul.’
- If you don't want to be left behind, you should immediately go out and acquire, by fair means or foul, this piece of work.
- Previously there was the report of the former warden who told of targets and quotas which had to be achieved by fair means or foul.
- Their aim is to divide and conquer by fair means or foul.
1With absolute accuracy. 精确地，毫厘不爽地 he got you fair and square in his gunsight 他曾在他的瞄准器里准确地捕捉到了你。 2Honestly and straightforwardly. 诚实地；光明正大地 we won the match fair and square 我们光明正大地赢了这场比赛。 Example sentencesExamples - They basically say the president campaigned on that notion and he won the election fair and square, it's time for him to move the high court to the right.
- We won fair and square, and we're going to win fair and square again.
- We won that fight fair and square, but you had to be a poor sport say we lost when you yourself was dumped on your backside!
- Of course I realised and I started telling everybody I lost the match fair and square, no excuses.
- I believe that I won this medal fair and square, and that the horse has not been given anything that would make him jump better.
- I love to win, but I want to win fair and square too.
- The last match I lost fair and square but I was a little disappointed with the first one
- We want to win races fair and square, not to have - having them be stolen.
- Although it was a close fight, Ali won it fair and square 7-5 in rounds.
- I'm sure we'll win fair and square later on without having to do anything to upset him.
Synonyms honestly, fairly, without cheating, without foul play, by the book, according to the rules, in accordance with the rules lawfully, legally, licitly, legitimately informal on the level North American informal on the up and up
1A comment or criticism made without malicious intent and based on accurate information or observation. his statement is a fair comment based on observation He notes that the definition changed in the second and subsequent editions. Fair comment Example sentencesExamples - That is a fair comment, yet he gets bowled for telling the truth.
- His main argument was to do with the difficulties in scheduling cases and that is a fair comment.
- It was a fair comment that some smaller companies were looking to serviced offices as a short term solution while they waited to see what happens in the market.
- That's a fair comment, but one which needs closer consideration.
- Fair comments or criticism on the facts and thoughts mentioned therein are most welcome.
- Under the European Court of Human Right's case law a value judgment must be based on sufficient facts in order to constitute a fair comment under Article 10.
- She gave very fair comment on the noise and pollution we have at this intersection.
- This is a very fair comment on the style of British statistics during this period.
- I think that's a fair comment on my governance style across the board.
- I don't think that's a fair comment to make.
- 1.1The right to make a comment or criticism without malicious intent if it is based on accurate information.
his defence pleads justification and fair comment Example sentencesExamples - Fair comment does not provide an escape route in all circumstances.
- The newspaper does not necessarily support the views of its columnists but we do support their right to freedom of speech as long as the content is fair comment and stays within legal boundaries.
- In actions against the defendant for libel, he pleaded justification, fair comment on a matter of public interest, and qualified privilege.
- If the defendant contends that any of the words or matters are fair comment on a matter of public interest, the claimant must serve a reply giving details of the facts or matters relied on.
- Fair comment is allowed on matters of public interest.
- Earlier last week, the judge ruled the newspaper could not rely on its defence of justification and fair comment.
- He was also hauled before a public hearing in February, in which he repeatedly defended the controversial remarks as fair comment.
- Britain's highest court is considering what should qualify as "fair comment" after a band brought a libel action against its former agent for remarks made on his website.
- Any matter which does not indicate with reasonable clearness but purports to be comment and not statement of fact, cannot be protected by the plea of fair comment.
- It is more important that the law is not subverted by those who want to limit the field of free speech and fair comment.
- Where to draw the line in comedy and how to differentiate between fair comment and causing offence is always tricky.
informal A particularly unpleasant or difficult situation or thing. Example sentencesExamples - This is a fair cow of a day—with a violent dust-storm, flies, and heat.
- Bruce was right; this country's a fair cow!
- Two of the quarries were in fair situations but the third was a fair cow.
- It will be a fair cow if he tracks us down up here.
- "A fair cow, mate. Never been so embarrassed in my life."
Synonyms source of annoyance, source of irritation, annoyance, inconvenience, bore, bother, irritant, problem, difficulty, trouble, trial, burden
Equitable treatment. 公平待遇（或对待） you will always get a fair deal when you book with us Example sentencesExamples - Mystery shoppers are to visit a random selection of the 2,500 garages in Yorkshire and Humberside to check customers are getting a fair deal.
- If our society is committed to giving patients with rare diseases a fair deal, primary care trusts must make funds available for treatment.
- They met last Friday to begin a new campaign in the county which demands a fair deal for carers, with recognition of their work and proper support.
- He vowed to continue to fight for a fair deal for all.
- We have also heard from postmasters who were involved in the programme - my committee therefore pledged to do all it could to secure a fair deal for all involved.
- Are they not entitled to a fair deal, a good education and equality of opportunity?
- If I am elected I will be pushing as hard as I can to get a fair deal for local people on local health issues.
- He was a well known figure in the cattle trade, often travelling the length and breath of the country and he always ensured everybody got a fair deal.
- We are confident that our staff, most of whom do not want to strike, will recognise this as a fair deal.
- ‘We don't have the resources to do major promotional campaigns but we do go with a fair deal to our customers,’ he says.
informal Used to request just treatment or accept that it has been given. 〈英，非正式〉 用于要求受到或承认已受到公平对待公平待遇 Fair dos—you don't believe I've been idle all this time? 公正点吧——你不会认为我一直在混时间吧？ Example sentencesExamples - However, in fair dos to the man, he sorted out New Zealand Rail and made it efficient for 1 year, and he made it available to -
- If Will and Trond can attract tourism into the Borders by doing this then fair dos.
- Bookies don't normally like to pay out, but fair dos to him.
informal Used to admit that something is reasonable or acceptable. 〈非正式〉 表示同意有道理；说得对 ‘I can't come because I'm working late.’ ‘Fair enough.’ “我来不了了，因为要工作得很晚。”“没问题。” Example sentencesExamples - If there is a good reason to ban something then fair enough but that reasoning has to be applied to everything equally.
- It wasn't the only raised eyebrow in an otherwise excellent evening, but fair enough, she did offer to go and find out.
- I'm still a bit mad, and that's fair enough, but I'm not as uptight, maybe, as I was before.
- She said no, of course, which is fair enough, but it was her reaction that upset me the most.
- Now that's fair enough, because a lot of people don't know enough about it to make the decision.
- This is a fair enough definition, but it is salutary, I believe, to consider the implications.
- If you love her and want to be with her, but are, say, ideologically opposed to marriage, then fair enough.
- Banning smoking in restaurants is fair enough - in fact such a ban is pretty much in place.
- You know, it's fair enough not to share your cigarettes with a stranger, but this response seemed excessive.
- If it was the result of a comprehensive review and recommendation of how to fix something broken then fair enough.
informal Used for emphasis or to request someone to be reasonable or fair. 〈澳/新西兰，非正式〉 用于加强语气或要求某人讲道理或公正公道一点 Fair go! How can I ask a thing like that? 讲点儿道理！我怎么能问那样的事？ Example sentencesExamples - There is no doubt as to which gives everyone a fair go.
- We call for the new Government to restore Australia's standing as a nation that is compassionate to those in need and committed to a fair go for all.
- I would strongly encourage people to come into my office or call for a copy to join the state-wide push for a fair go for country cancer patients.
- And what's a fair go, for the benefit of those who voted liberal?
- We believe in opportunity and in giving everyone a fair go.
- Mr Edwards said inviting small business owners and managers to contribute to policy-making would ensure they get a fair go.
- This irks most Australians, who believe in a fair go for all.
- It would have trumpeted its belief that no matter who you are or where you come from, it is fundamental to the Australian ethos that each child gets a fair go.
- Anyway, now as an international student at Vic, I want to make sure that international students have a fair go at student life.
- Importantly, both sides will get a fair go on Sunday night.
dated A good reputation. 〈旧〉好名声 the fair name of the squadron Example sentencesExamples - Mrs Tearle, a former town mayor and ex-chairman of Braintree District Council, called it a slur on the fair name of Witham at a time when she and the council were trying to raise its profile.
- They have disgraced the fair name of secularism.
- I am writing to express my concern that the fair name of Shepperton is about to be libelled in the most scurrilous fashion.
- But alas, I haven't a penny to my fair name - at least not after my next few purchases.
- Their conduct has been a blot on the fair name of the country.
dated, humorous Women. 〈旧或幽默〉女性 Example sentencesExamples - In order to applaud the efforts of women film directors from the Czech Republic, Poland, Bulgaria, Croatia, Russia and Hungary, this year's film festival has been dedicated to the fairer sex.
- Of course, when I was a college-aged lad, I was under the misguided impression that dressing like a lumberjack and going months without a haircut was the secret to wooing the fairer sex.
- But the women in neighbouring Cork are the highest-spending members of the fairer sex, with their average shopping bill coming to €780.
- The managing committee should have at least two members of the fairer sex, so bequeathed Lady R.C. Bristow, which norm is observed even today, after more than 70 years.
- The news agent racks that are crammed with women's lifestyles magazines may not appear to have room for any more titles targeted at the fairer sex.
- Not so many years ago, the participation of the fairer sex in athletics was frowned upon and viewed as being ‘unladylike’.
- But the controversy in no way affected his following, particularly among the fairer sex.
- After scoring two number one hits with cultural songs, singer Natty King is once again on the hit trail, this time with Love Me, a love ode to the fairer sex.
- The reason Fiona stays involved in boxing, despite being the sole representative of the fairer sex, is that she loves it.
- Last year's inaugural ladies football tournament generated huge interest in the area and also brought to light some fine footballing talent among the fairer sex.
informal Used to request just treatment or assert that a situation is just. 〈英，非正式〉 用于要求受到或承认已受到公平对待公平待遇 Fair's fair—we were here first 对我们也应公平才是——是我们先到这儿的啊。 Example sentencesExamples - And if he really does want a serious relationship, he'll find someone else eventually - which may be tough for you, but fair's fair: if you don't want him, let someone else have him.
- Sitting under a tree with a bunch of women in Kenya, for instance, Maticka-Tyndale decided fair's fair, and let the local women ask her a few questions for a change.
- But fair's fair: Henry showed that humour can indeed be more effective than invective.
- The lamb kebab was delicious and each of us could happily have polished it off, but fair's fair and we split it in two.
- But fair's fair, it was still a respectable time given his bulky size and he had apparently had a busy day, including a rowing session and a long walk.
- Not because I'm greedy; fair's fair, and he certainly earns half of it.
- After all, fair's fair, and I can't believe they have the audacity to require their players to have certain skills and abilities.
- I think fair's fair if one parent is a native of the country in question.
- So fair's fair, if it's so hard for me why should it be so easy for you?
- I have to say I thought this was funny, but fair's fair.
dated, informal Completely and finally. 〈美，非正式〉彻底地；最终 I hope we'll be rid of him for fair 我希望我们能彻底摆脱他。 Example sentencesExamples - Henkels & McCoy has been in the high wire and hot wire business ever since 1935 and in 1938 we were in it for fair, though the 1938 job was foul enough for many of the people affected.
- I seem to be putting my foot in it for fair," said the green marine, looking discouraged.
in a fair way to do something Likely to achieve something. you are in a fair way to have cured yourself 你很可能就快治好自己了。 Example sentencesExamples - Like so many European churches, St Jacob's is in a fair way to overwhelm me.
- According to The New York Times, Dringer had in less than a decade made customers of the local mill-owners and ‘claimed to be the most extensive junkdealer in the United States, and was in a fair way to control the market.’
informal Unfair (often used in or as a petulant protestation) 〈北美，非正式〉公理何在；不公平；没道理（常用于愤怒抗议时） no fair—we're the only kids in the whole school who don't get to watch TV on school nights 太不公平了——全校只有我们平时晚上不能看电视。 Example sentencesExamples - Now, it's no fair to say you're no Ted Koppel, but the interview sort of moved on.
- Please note that it is no fair to throw banana peels in hopes of playing the rescuing hero.
- Nancy called, ‘Hey, no fair! ‘and tried to track him with the pistol while at the same time regaining her balance.’
- Surely I won't surprise you by noting that those stereotypes are mean, misogynist, and no fair (if you need to keep your term paper short, try a literary survey of evil fathers-in-law).
- Hey, no fair, I barely handled it for a minute!
- Hey, no fair firing at me when I was trying to make a point to someone!
- It's no fair talking to the mystery person if you're not going to share with the class, Regan.
- Hey that's no fair, why do you have to be ordered around by you?
- I tilted my head on my hand, ‘Hey, no fair changing the subject.’
- That's no fair, I was suppose to find them, NOT you two!
(of the weather) be fine and likely to stay fine for a time. 〈英〉（天气）持续晴朗 the weather is set fair for this weekend's carnival figurative conditions were set fair for stable political and economic development Example sentencesExamples - The course was generally in good condition and the day was set fair for a fine competition.
- Anyway - must be positive - it's a nice day again and the weather forecast is set fair right through until after the weekend, so walking should be more of a pleasure than a chore.
- The weather is set fair for this weekend's Radcliffe carnival.
Derivativesadjective ˈfɛːrɪʃˈfɛrɪʃ When my Dad was my age if his car broke down there was a fairish chance that he'd know to sort the problem out. Example sentencesExamples - I'm an MBA with a fairish background in the subject.
- To his call of ‘Kharkov! ‘, on the other hand, a fairish, goodlooking man responded instead of the one he had meant.’
- As to the discrepancies, Valerie Storie denied saying ‘light fairish hair’; she also denied ever saying that they had picked him up because they had not done so.
- A fairish number of people have written or commented on this post to the effect that it's not true that the association is making money unfairly off the backs of young athletes; they get a very valuable education out of the thing.
OriginOld English fæger 'pleasing, attractive', of Germanic origin; related to Old High German fagar. The word fair is recorded from Old English in the sense ‘pleasing, attractive’. In early uses its opposite is often given as foul, as in the phrase by fair means or foul. This opposition remains in the phrases fair play and foul play, both of which first appeared in the late 16th century. The sense blonde developed in the mid 16th century from the sense attractive. Fair applied to handwriting to mean ‘neat, legible’ dates from the late 17th century. From this we get fair copy, the final corrected copy of a document. People have been saying all's fair in love and war to justify what they are doing since the early 17th century. The fair (or fairer) sex, a term for women, is recorded from the 17th century. The kind of fair with stalls and amusements is a completely different word. It comes via Old French from Latin feria ‘holy day’, as fairs were often held on religious holidays. See also copper, dinkum
Rhymesaffair, affaire, air, Altair, Althusser, Anvers, Apollinaire, Astaire, aware, Ayer, Ayr, bare, bear, bêche-de-mer, beware, billionaire, Blair, blare, Bonaire, cafetière, care, chair, chargé d'affaires, chemin de fer, Cher, Clair, Claire, Clare, commissionaire, compare, concessionaire, cordon sanitaire, couvert, Daguerre, dare, debonair, declare, derrière, despair, doctrinaire, éclair, e'er, elsewhere, ensnare, ere, extraordinaire, Eyre, fare, fayre, Finisterre, flair, flare, Folies-Bergère, forbear, forswear, foursquare, glair, glare, hair, hare, heir, Herr, impair, jardinière, Khmer, Kildare, La Bruyère, lair, laissez-faire, legionnaire, luminaire, mal de mer, mare, mayor, meunière, mid-air, millionaire, misère, Mon-Khmer, multimillionaire, ne'er, Niger, nom de guerre, outstare, outwear, pair, pare, parterre, pear, père, pied-à-terre, Pierre, plein-air, prayer, questionnaire, rare, ready-to-wear, rivière, Rosslare, Santander, savoir faire, scare, secretaire, share, snare, solitaire, Soufrière, spare, square, stair, stare, surface-to-air, swear, Tailleferre, tare, tear, their, there, they're, vin ordinaire, Voltaire, ware, wear, Weston-super-Mare, where, yeah noun fɛːfɛr 1A gathering of stalls and amusements for public entertainment. 庙会 I won a goldfish at the fair Example sentencesExamples - But for children who choose to spend their holidays in their hometowns, fairs and carnivals can be good entertainment.
- Many Marathas go to local festivals and fairs, and enjoy traditional folk entertainment.
- The street will then be set up as a street fair, with food stalls, entertainment booths, exhibitions, and cultural shows.
- Initially, she performed at festivals and fairs, but while on a writing trip to New York City she was talent-spotted and signed to Arista Records by the label's new boss, L. A. Reid.
- Some of the attractions offered at fairs and amusement parks have always been dangerous.
- Organisers of fêtes, horse fairs and similar public functions sometimes set up temporary quoits pitches in this way for decades and such games are often referred to as Sward Quoits.
- Today, it is celebrated with street fairs, parties, picnics, and fireworks.
- It sounds good and if it does result in more properly-managed concerts, fairs, festivals and community events being staged in the city's parks it has to be good news.
- The scouts hosted an autumn fair, complete with stalls and children's entertainers at the Orbital Retail Park in North Swindon.
- Ulverston welcomes the annual spring fair to town as of Wednesday when all the usual rides, fun and laughter will fill The Gill.
- In villages, festivals and fairs are occasions for entertainment and relaxation.
- It was the culmination of a fun packed day with activities that included canal associated stalls, a craft fair, a pig roast and a display of canal craft.
- These men descend from the era - long before radio and television, cinemas and telephones - when itinerant narrators brought news and entertainment to country fairs and village squares.
- Like the original 1969 Woodstock music and arts fair, Willistock will be unforgettable.
- Most fairs provided entertainments but these remained only marginal until the major commercial changes of the 18th century.
- The following weekend will see the procession on the Saturday before the crowds head for the Lawns to enjoy fairs, stalls and displays from local groups.
- Traditional entertainment may be part of religious fairs and festivals or provided by traveling bands of professional entertainers.
- Infected children may be excluded by the local authority from school, and from public places of entertainment and assembly such as fairs, swimming pools, cinemas, and skating rinks.
- At higher levels, and with greater dexterity, stilts have been used as entertainment props since the fairs of the Middle Ages, and probably long before then.
- The streets and bars were packed as visitors wandered amongst the stalls, fairs and entertainers on the streets of Killorglin.
Synonyms fete, gala, festival, carnival, funfair 2A periodic gathering for the sale of goods. （定期）集市 Example sentencesExamples - Having spent several years acquiring photographs from art fairs and auctions around the world, Bernard's collection features some of the most unforgettable shots of the past two centuries.
- To stock the shop the sales team scoured trade fairs to choose a selection that is exciting and unusual.
- That said, there are quicker ways to enter the collectable toy market, namely through auctions, toy fairs and car-boot sales.
- It will also include events in villages across Lancashire from rose queens, town crier competitions to plant sales and antique fairs.
- In the middle of last year I started making jam and selling it at car boot sales and craft fairs.
- While kids love the brightly painted, simple toys, there's another segment of society who pore over internet sites, haunt garage sales and church fairs.
- Personal snapshots from abandoned family albums turn up in all kinds of places, ‘from postcard fairs, to jumble sales, and dingy halls beside arterial roads,’ as he puts it.
- ‘I am always on the look out at car boot sales and at antiques fairs,’ she said.
- The business is so well-known now in Christchurch that the supply of books brought in keeps him very busy, without his going to seek them at fairs or garage sales.
- As auctioneers we are acutely aware of the potential problem this autumn when the traditional sheep sales and fairs have been a major outlet for breeders and store lamb producers.
- Also, being showcased in the book fair guarantees big sales.
- He expects this year's showcase to be affected by the weak dollar but predicts that sales at the fair will still match last year's levels.
- The couple's complicated travel schedule takes in trade fairs and art sales around the world, while always keeping to the three-week rule.
- Organisers have appealed for items to be donated for sale at the fair.
- For most people the periodic fairs and assemblies were the high spots of the year.
- The organisation markets these products through exhibitions and fairs at the local and national level, in association with other craft-based agencies.
- There will be many fairs with street stalls selling all sorts of traditional as well as newer merchandise that will certainly help add to the clutter again.
- There may well be a few more jumble sales and autumn fairs in Sheffield next year.
- The rules were probably suspended during the periodic fairs, some of which did impressive business.
- He said: ‘Stan was a great person to be around and a wonderful organiser of our Christmas bazaars and May Day fairs.’
- Gather a well-stocked home library, perhaps through used-book stores, book fairs, and garage sales.
Synonyms market, bazaar, mart, exchange, sale open-air market, indoor market, flea market archaic emporium - 2.1 An exhibition to promote particular products.
展览会；展销会 the European Fine Art Fair 欧洲艺术博览会。 Example sentencesExamples - And Dr Sousa said that this gap in communication can often surface, embarrassingly, at business fairs and exhibitions.
- He added that access to relevant Germany industry exhibition catalogues and trade fairs was vital and explained that services such as translation and support made a huge difference.
- The atrium hosts a variety of events from art shows and children's concerts to health fairs and screenings.
- Mistry is also conducting a workshop at the trade fair, where this exhibition has been put up.
- Linda, who exhibits at local wedding fairs and exhibitions, has designed all the decoration arrangements which she keeps in a ready available portfolio.
- He said those working in the exhibition industry should be familiar with products and services in world markets and be able to organise promotions and trade fairs, and many are not.
- The models cost a tidy packet but the organisation finds them easy to display at trade fairs and expos, here and overseas.
- Implement manufacturers, grocers, lawyers, and railroad executives all had a stake in the health of the rural economy and worked tirelessly to promote fairs.
- Participate regularly at relevant trade fairs for your product - at least one - and then annually so people get to know you and become used to you in their country.
- For the foreign participants in those exhibitions and trade fairs from especially Europe another reform seems necessary.
- After the hectic Christmas build-up which starts as early as September the time has come to visit more trade fairs and source new products.
- Demonstrators at an arms fair in London that same year were also searched under anti-terrorism legislation.
- Abbreviated screening, or cholesterol testing, is also available to the public through health fairs and at some pharmacies.
- How does displaying a product at a trade fair conform to a requirement to observe a strict code of confidentiality in relation to the product?
- Shot almost entirely at one of those trade fairs on a huge exhibition space, Helen Graham and Rosie Ellison's film touches on things rather than investigates in depth.
- Trade fairs and exhibitions, which herald every festival season, have already come up at various spots in the city.
- Christopher visits markets, agricultural shows and trade fairs all over Britain seeking out the best producers to join the Distinctly British fold.
- Local merchants assisted in promoting the fashion fair in their stores, providing clothing for the models, and door prizes.
- Last year nearly 20,000 companies exhibited at TDC-sponsored trade fairs attended by more than 400,000 buyers, according to council statistics.
- Yang Renzheng was speaking at the Hong Kong trade fair promoting his city Huzhou.
Synonyms exhibition, display, show, showing, presentation, demonstration, exposition, spectacle, extravaganza North American exhibit informal expo, demo - 2.2North American An annual competitive exhibition of livestock, agricultural products, etc., held by a town, county, or state.
〈北美〉（每年由镇、县或州举办的牲畜和农产品等的）竞争性展览会 Example sentencesExamples - After hawking their burgers at county fairs for a few years, they decided to open up a restaurant.
- The experience far surpasses a pony ride at a county fair, and children will delight in the adventure.
- Every year, our community has a livestock fair, which JRH has found himself enjoying.
- In lazy summer days, it is usually time for parades, ice cream socials and county fairs.
- Mom had taken me to the county fair with Lily, and I had won the painting by popping a balloon with a dart.
- People paid me big bucks to come and train their kids how to properly show livestock at fairs and competitions.
- Why, I remember when my own won the pig competition in the county fair, it made my heart bleat with pride and joy.
- The boy beamed as if he had just won a stuffed toy in one of those side shows at the county fair.
- When I was a kid, going to the county fair was a big deal and every one of them had a shooting gallery.
- It's the Rex breed of rabbit that I drool over every September, in the Small Animal Barn of our county fair.
- Homemade jellies, pies and canned goods earned her ribbons at the county fair.
- I'm sure you have watched dog shows, horse shows, etc. on TV or at a county fair.
- As a kid my neighbor Lois would employ me to gather elderberries for pies that she would enter in the county fair.
- Pickpockets gravitate to such high-traffic areas as airports, vacation resorts and county fairs, Foley says.
- For example, when she was thirteen, her bread and embroidery won two grand prizes at the county fair.
- As for the county fair, well, I'm planning to enter the fruits and vegetables competition.
- Central Market lets me get the shopping done while making me feel as if I've just been to the county fair.
- One of most enduring memories in my life is when I won a key chain at a county fair.
OriginMiddle English (in the sense 'periodic gathering for the sale of goods'): from Old French feire, from late Latin feria, singular of Latin feriae 'holy days' (on which such fairs were often held). verbfɛːfɛr [with object]usually as adjective fairedStreamline (a vehicle, boat, or aircraft) by adding fairings. 使（车辆，船舶，飞机）具有流线型 it is fully faired and race ready Example sentencesExamples - Torpedo tubes are faired into either side of the bow, complete with live torpedoes.
- The hull is then faired and painted in the traditional black for the Galway hookers.
OriginOld English in the senses 'beautify' and 'appear or become clean'. The current sense dates from the mid 19th century. adjectiveferfɛr 1In accordance with the rules or standards; legitimate. the group has achieved fair and equal representation for all its members 该团体为其全体成员争取到了公正平等的代表权。 Example sentencesExamples - He won the first free and fair election in the country's history with 67 percent of the vote.
- Lawyers will claim that the system is so corrupt that it breaches obligations under the European convention on human rights to hold free and fair elections.
- But how do you have free and fair elections under an occupation, under a foreign occupation?
- Was this a free and fair election to the best of your information?
- Free and fair elections also include a well-informed electorate.
- He said the company's internal disciplinary hearings procedure have been found by the Labour Court to be fair and proper.
- Everyone has the means to gain knowledge of the law, which in turn makes legal systems more fair.
- The EC announced elections to be held now on December 10 after it was satisfied that now free and fair elections can be held.
- The role of government is to provide everyone with a fair chance to pursue success.
- In addition, they should continue calls for a political settlement that reflects the results of the free and fair elections held in 1990.
- It has no independent political parties, no free and fair elections, and no independent news media.
- The parliamentary election last May was recognized as generally fair by international observers.
- Free and fair elections look a near impossibility.
- Perhaps it is true that scientific opinion polls are inappropriate for a society that has never known free and fair elections before.
- They will give the judge a scrupulously fair trial.
- It is good to see that once more, our courtrooms will return to normalcy, discharging justice to the nation in a free and fair manner.
- It is also just fair to agree that Government has provided a free atmosphere that has laid a good groundwork to a free and fair election.
- It's a very, very difficult task to setup a democratic and free and fair society out of the ashes of that dictatorship.
- It is impossible, with the best of wills to conduct free and fair elections under occupation with a war of attrition taking place between rebels and occupiers.
- ‘This shows that left alone, they can conduct free and fair elections,’ said Odinga.
Synonyms just, equitable, fair-minded, open-minded, honest, upright, honourable, trustworthy - 1.1 Just or appropriate in the circumstances.
公正的；恰当的 to be fair, this subject poses special problems 公正地说，这课题带来了特殊问题。 Example sentencesExamples - To be fair, Lloyd-Jones certainly recognised that there was merit in such a procedure.
- I have generally found the vast majority to be fair and reasonable, and far from hostile.
- There are a set of rules that the Congress and the department have worked out over years that are assumed to be fair and reasonable.
- To be fair, we did get some halfway reasonable coverage afterwards.
- The law governing shoppers' rights requires consumers to be fair and reasonable in their expectations.
- Now to be fair to therapists, I don't know whether my therapist Linda was a bad one, or if she was just fine and just not the right one for me.
- I have tried to be fair, reasonable and upfront with information.
- However, he wants to be fair to you and for that reason wishes to set up a mechanism whereby repayment of your investment can be effected.
- So we thought it would be eminently fair to compare the performance of the two drives.
- To be fair, civilians often underestimate the stress that military service places on one's personal life.
- She said she wanted to be fair but also avoid litigation.
- They would need to be fair and reasonable, and the fees would need to provide the board with adequate funding.
- To be fair, there is a practical reason for placing the sketch at the end.
- To be fair, the reason for the outage is likely to have been something beyond their control.
- The judges said they found the commission's decision to be fair and reasonable.
- In determining wages, salaries and perks, especially in a time of plenty, Government must not only be fair, but it must be seen to be fair.
- She deserves a fair hearing judged upon her own merits, capacities and contributions.
- Demand for the service is growing fast - although, to be fair, not all brands would find the medium suitable.
- To be fair, Stork's reasoning has a certain justification.
- 1.2archaic (of a means or procedure) gentle; not violent.
〈古〉（手段，方法）温和的；非暴力的 - 1.3Baseball (of a batted ball) within the field of play marked by the first and third baselines.
Example sentencesExamples - Any batted ball that strikes the pole or its attached netting is a fair ball and is ruled a home run.
- The ball rolled in front of the plate and home plate umpire Jeff Kellogg ruled it a fair ball.
- But it looked pretty clearly as though the ball would have hit the pole anyway, making it a fair ball and thus a home run.
- The batter hits a fair ball over the fence but is injured so severely leaving the batter's box that he can't run around the bases.
- If he had touched the ball in fair territory before it went foul, the play would have been ruled a fair ball.
- 1.4Baseball Pertaining to the fair part of the field.
the ball was hit into fair territory Example sentencesExamples - The ball struck Bonds' glove in fair territory and fell to the ground.
- The ball landed untouched in fair territory before rolling foul on the first base side.
- The right fielder leaps and prevents the ball from going into the stands in fair territory.
- First base coach Don Leppert trotted toward Rice and argued that the ball had hit the wall in fair territory.
- Pueblo first baseman Larry Stankey hit a ball that appeared to be leaving the park in fair territory when the lights went out.
2(of hair or complexion) light; blond. （头发）金色的；（肤色）白皙的 Example sentencesExamples - Coren pointed to the tallest guy, who had very fair skin, platinum blonde hair, and very dark black eyes.
- She had long blonde hair and fair skin that looked as if it had never been in the sun.
- Berry shades for example suit olive skins, while reds with pinkish undertones work best on those with fair complexions and fair hair.
- Glancing up she quickly scanned the merry faces, looking for one with light skin and fair hair.
- His short black hair matched the jacket and provided a contrast to his fair complexion.
- She was pretty, with blonde hair and fair skin, but her eyes seemed distant, if worried.
- The second person, a female with long blonde hair and fair skin, walked up to the middle podium.
- The morning sunlight cast golden shades on her father's fair hair, picking out the silvering strands.
- He was distracted momentarily by the way the light played off her fair skin and golden hair.
- She had waist length brown hair, with hazel eyes, high cheekbones and a fair complexion.
- He is described as being medium build with a fair complexion and light brown hair.
- Finally, bold colors tend to be unflattering on men with fair hair and light skin.
- The male is white, in his 20s, 5ft 4in tall, with fair hair and a pale complexion.
- More procedures may be required for advanced baldness or for individuals with very dark hair and fair complexion.
- Morgan and Basil were both under the light, their fair hair standing out like beacons in a fog.
- All I can make out is that she has black hair and eyes, a fair complexion, and a very bad temper.
- Her hair was fair, and lay in a knot of yellow behind her head.
- He was short and thin, with fair hair and a light sprinkle of freckles on his nose.
- The suspect is said to be in his 50s, has a light complexion and fair hair and weighs about 185 pounds.
- For blondes, chamomile can lighten fair hair when used as a rinse.
Synonyms blond, blonde, yellow, yellowish, golden, flaxen, light, light brown, light-coloured, strawberry blonde, tow-coloured, platinum, ash blonde, bleached, bleached-blonde, sun-bleached, peroxide, bottle-blonde pale, light, light-coloured, white, cream-coloured, creamy, peaches and cream - 2.1 (of a person) having a light complexion or blond hair.
（人）金发白肤的 Example sentencesExamples - Among them was a young princess, Lavena, the fair daughter of King Edward Longshanks.
- She was fair, had long hair and had all the makings of a performer.
- Jessica is tanned and has shoulder-length brown hair while Holly is fair and has blonde hair.
- The darker your skin, the more likely you are to see changes; if you're very fair or have red hair you may not notice any at all.
- The fair women seem to have a layer of light hiding beneath their skin.
- He was a skinny, fair boy with hair as light as sunshine and eyes as blue as the sky itself.
- At Singhpora, as I sat in the booth, a tall, fair young man entered, got himself ink-marked but begged not to be forced to vote.
3Considerable though not outstanding in size or amount. （大小或数量）相当大（或多）的 he did a fair bit of coaching 他做了相当多的辅导工作。 Example sentencesExamples - The big peat shed still has a fair amount of peat and a good bit of other rubbish in it including an old moped!
- That's when somebody noticed that Bayer was getting a fair amount of mention in the national press, albeit in the sports pages.
- I wrote quite a bit, and I took a fair amount of pictures, some of which I've shown, and some of which have been published in different places.
- The good news is that with a little bit of cash, a lot of imagination and a fair amount of hard work you can transform your bathroom into a room of which you can be proud.
- As one who's had to read a fair number of toddler books over the past years, I'll always have a soft spot for this one.
- A little bit of a friendly debate went on for a fair amount of time.
- As a student, I did a fair amount of acting with the university dramatic society.
- Tracking down other dead notables often took a fair amount of detective work.
- Obviously, that would have taken a fair bit of time and a lot of consideration.
- They performed a few jumps, flips and a fair amount of swimming, just visible to the naked eye.
- Alissa's dad thinks that's a fair amount that will teach her to be a bit more careful.
- To get a solid image, it's important to have a fair amount of paint on the stamp.
- I get a fair amount of spam that is clearly illegal already under the rules governing fraud.
- One room looked a bit like ballroom only much smaller - a fair amount of faux glitz on the walls, a decent amount of light and a trestle-tabled bar on one wall.
- There is a fair amount of speckling, a bit of debris, and some grain in evidence, but no edge effects.
- I did it very quickly, though I'd given a fair amount of consideration to each award in the recent weeks.
- ‘We did a fair amount of walking and I really noticed the difference in my fitness,’ he says.
- Colors are a bit faded, the image is a bit soft, and there is a fair amount of grain from the source elements.
- She looked up at him, seeing as he was a fair amount taller than her, and smirked a bit.
- He is giving the matter a fair amount of considerable and is at that ‘in between’ situation at the moment.
Synonyms reasonable, passable, tolerable, satisfactory, acceptable, respectable, decent, all right, good enough, goodish, pretty good, not bad, moderate, average, middling, ample, adequate, sufficient - 3.1 Moderately good though not outstandingly so.
（大小或数量）相当大（或多）的 he believes he has a fair chance of success 他认为自己的成功机会相当大。 Example sentencesExamples - Where plants have been flooded or forced to stand for many days in waterlogged soil, there is a fair chance that some root damage will have resulted.
- Another was listed in serious condition and the third was in fair condition, both at the Lakeview Medical Centre.
- I wanted to give the film a fair chance and I didn't feel like my opinions would be valid if I left before the end.
- The feeling was that we would have a fair chance of funding for this sort of thing.
- When there is a fair chance of getting away with these minor misdemeanors without punishment there will be not deterrence.
- That would be a great achievement, and one at which I have a fair chance of success.
- If school choice is given a fair chance, its success or failure should be determined by results.
- I think that there is here an argument, with a fair chance of success, that the claim here is different.
- Children born in one of the industrialized countries have a fair chance of reaching an average 78 years of age.
- As there was nobody else about, there was a fair chance he was also waiting for the minibus to take us to one of Ecuador's many splendid lagunas.
- Acting opposite Ashmit Patel, another newcomer, the movie gives them both a fair chance to show off their skills.
- If they can be, and the product is well marketed, then there is a fair chance of success.
- Knowing the state of the rails, though, it'll only take half an inch to stop the trains from running, so the chances are fair to good, I'd say.
- There's a fair chance they will have been air-freighted in from Africa or South America, at an unsustainable cost to the environment.
- Yes, I accept that, but the test really is whether the appellant lost a fair chance of acquittal reasonably open to him.
- This situation would apply at least until the end of 2006 and it seems to have a fair chance of acceptance and implementation.
- But since he's a very healthy man and is very young, the chances are fair to good, I would say.
- Everybody should have a fair chance and succeed or fail at it.
- That means the rich don't get obscenely wealthy and the poor have a fair chance of good health, reasonable housing and a decent education.
- UK ministers regard the bid as standing a fair chance of success and believe that it will prove popular with the public.
Synonyms reasonable, passable, tolerable, satisfactory, acceptable, respectable, decent, all right, good enough, goodish, pretty good, not bad, moderate, average, middling, ample, adequate, sufficient
4(of weather) fine and dry. （天气）晴朗的；晴好的 Example sentencesExamples - As the work progressed, Marsh stalked its perimeter in fair weather or surveyed the site from the comfort of a warm room when it was raining or snowing.
- Time is precious as olives can only harvest in fair weather, so everybody is allocated a job.
- For that matter even on fair weather days it is hard to safely occupy two small children.
- But Muriel, 65, always a keen walker, does not only step out in fair weather.
- You can forget all the cliches about fair weather and sunny days ahead for the founders of Intrallect.
- With fair weather, members of the public attending were able to sample and buy produce grown by the allotment tenants.
- She has been practising voraciously over the winter, and is determined to nail once and for all any accusation that she is a fair weather golfer.
- If the weather is fair, she sits outside, often with her legs dangling over the precipice, the spyglass propped between her knees.
- The sun is out and the fair weather bench-lunchers come out from out of their rocks.
- Conversely, road rage is most likely to occur on Friday afternoons, in peak travel times and in fair weather.
- As much as night can seem black and choking in an isolated room up high, it was almost non-existent when the weather was fair.
- After all, the months of May to August have a reasonable chance of being fair.
- In fair weather, she could quite happily sit for hours amongst her flowers.
- During fair weather they frequently roost in hardwood knolls and the edges of hillside benches.
- Johan Stander, a weather forecaster at the Cape Town weather office, said fair weather was expected until Thursday.
- The work was said to be subject to fair weather conditions, in which case it would be carried out as soon as possible.
- Only fair weather and a buggy could tempt me, and, if a little food was involved, I think I could find a round of golf quite agreeable.
- It's not like I'm a fair weather fan whose team is losing so she gives up.
- York's tour buses trundle around their circuit come fair weather or foul.
- Perhaps it's the fair weather and calm conditions which had undermined the Scottish contingent's tilt at the title.
Synonyms fine, dry, bright, clear, sunny, sunshiny, sunlit, cloudless, without a cloud in the sky - 4.1 (of the wind) favorable.
（风）顺的 they set sail with a fair wind 他们乘着顺风起航了。 Example sentencesExamples - That's true even if the forecast is for sunny skies and fair winds.
- It was a beautiful evening, with fair winds, tranquility, a pleasant picture of a family and delicacies on the plate in front of me!
- All sides hope it can get a fair wind and bring an end to the stop-start episodes.
- The ship had caught a swift moving current and a fair breeze in her sail, carrying them towards the open seas at a ripping pace.
- There was a fair wind blowing now and the snow was starting to come down again.
- A fair wind and dry conditions led to some very good scoring at the unusually quiet Green Valley layout.
- My understanding is that with a fair wind behind him he may get a slightly bigger budget next time.
- Such a fresh start might just be the fair wind and favourable sea for which I seem to be waiting.
- Inevitably, in these conditions, the impetus to politics, given a fair wind, was bound to grow.
- I wish it fair wind and every success on its journey - the project and the people deserve it, Bishop Murphy said.
- May a fair wind ever find you and ease the burdens of your day.
- Given a fair wind, some analysts believe the shares could make it to €12.
- Still, advance bookings are running high: Scots do tend to give new routes a fair wind.
- As both relied on fair winds for their ocean travels, the bird was welcomed as a kindred spirit.
- When it came to rounding up cattle, it was often said that you needed three things: a good man, a good horse and a fair wind.
- The fair wind shows the watchmen on the walls a black fleet coming up the river.
- Anecdotally, the former journalist and television presenter has a fair wind behind her.
- However, for the most part, the acrimony was abandoned at the side of the road and business proceeded with a fair wind.
Synonyms favourable, advantageous, helpful, benign, beneficial
5archaic Beautiful: attractive. 〈古〉美丽的；有魅力的 the fairest of her daughters 她女儿中最漂亮的一位。 Example sentencesExamples - Its silver reflection lay delicately on the calm, deep blue water, like the shimmering gown of a fair lady.
- Elves were once known, even by humans, to be a fair and beautiful race of species.
- Tall, beautiful, fair, his appearance was greeted with a low hum of admiration and anxiety.
- It gave a beautiful song in its fair voice, but in the middle of its song, it suddenly stopped.
- Always one of the festival's more popular events, people can catch up with all the fair ladies at the various events over the coming days.
Synonyms beautiful, pretty, lovely, attractive, good-looking, nice-looking, gorgeous, stunning, striking, arresting, captivating, prepossessing, winning, enchanting, appealing, ravishing, desirable, luscious, nubile - 5.1 (of words, a speech, or a promise) false, despite being initially attractive or pleasing; specious.
（言语，谈话，许诺）花言巧语的 Example sentencesExamples - After a month of fair words Artois came away in April 1793 with a jewelled sword inscribed With God, for the King but no more tangible support.
- Titania was stunned by the fair words that graced the paper, but she couldn't for the life of her figure out who wrote it.
adverbferfɛr 1Without cheating or trying to achieve unjust advantage. 公正地；公平地 no one could say he played fair 没人能说他办事公正。 Example sentencesExamples - With his trusty horse Trigger, Rogers played the straight-shooting good guy who always fought fair - instead of killing the bad guys, he would shoot the gun out of their hands - and always lived to sing about it.
- I hate to put it that way, but in my book, you ought to go out there to play to win, but you ought to play fair, you have to play by the rules, and these are things you should learn as a kid.
2dialect as submodifier To a high degree. 〈方〉很，非常，相当 she'll be fair delighted to see you 见到你她会非常高兴。 Example sentencesExamples - As you may imagine she was fair delighted, and thought how pleased the King would be when he came home and found that his dearest wish had been fulfilled.
- I'm fair tuckered out with the excitement of it all.
verbferfɛr [no object]dialect (of the weather) become fine. 〈方〉（天气）变得晴朗（或晴好） looks like it's fairing off some 看上去天气一点一点地好起来了。 Example sentencesExamples - The weather faired, and our general caused our great pinnace to be made ready, and to row along the coast,
- John Bowes, Mayor of Kirkbymoorside, said: ‘The weather faired up and the parade and service were both excellent.’
- Highland Council engineers responded to the disaster with alacrity and, as soon as the weather faired, had a team of divers on the scene to check that nothing dangerous to shipping lay beneath the water.
Phrasesall's fair in love and war proverb In certain highly charged situations, any method of achieving your objective is justifiable. 〈谚〉情场和战场均可不择手段（喻指：在特定情况下，什么事都可以做） Example sentencesExamples - ‘We're at the point now where all's fair in love and war, and politics is war,’ said Larry Sabato, a political science professor at the University of Virginia.
- You know, all's fair in love and war, as they say.
- They say all's fair in love and war, but what about contracts?
- With reference to your heading for Brian Munn's letter ‘Unfair attack on hunting fraternity’ - all's fair in love and war.
- I suppose all's fair in love and war then, huh?
- ‘Sorry, honey,’ Kyle remarked, ‘but all's fair in love and war.’
- ‘I really shouldn't like him since I know Pheobe kind of does,’ Treena thought to herself. ‘But as they say, all's fair in love and war.’
- Well, Larry, I've got to tell you something, as far as what happens in a courtroom, it's basically all's fair in love and war.
- I want her back and am currently waging a war of emotions on her to convince her of my true love for her (Hey, all's fair in love and war.)
- From Cole's perspective, all's fair in love and war, and collecting art was war.
literary, humorous Using whatever means are necessary. 不择手段地；想方设法地；无论如何 they were determined to ensure victory for themselves, by fair means or foul 他们决心想尽一切办法确保胜利。 Example sentencesExamples - Their aim is to divide and conquer by fair means or foul.
- If you don't want to be left behind, you should immediately go out and acquire, by fair means or foul, this piece of work.
- And the higher you've climbed up the greasy pole, by fair means or foul, the further you have to fall.
- Previously there was the report of the former warden who told of targets and quotas which had to be achieved by fair means or foul.
- The script begins with the internal voice of Standish declaring: ‘I made up my mind there and then that I had to have her whether she was free or not, with or without her consent, by fair means or foul.’
- The key question facing the country now is this: will the existing regime allow this process of democratisation to gather momentum, or will it seek to arrest its development and entrench itself in power by fair means or foul?
- As long as he gets his man - by fair means or foul - Sgt Eldon Perry reckons anything goes in order to maintain law and order.
- At the crack of dawn, my over-excitable mother used to wake the household on Christmas morning, and by fair means or foul, persuade us to get up and go downstairs to ‘see if he has been’.
- They are in competition with each other, trying to capture the ‘emerging markets' of developing nations by fair means or foul.
- Here, of course, was a classic case of Machiavellian politics: the attempt to bend the will of the party to his view by fair means or foul.
Honestly and straightforwardly. 诚实地；光明正大地 we won the match fair and square 我们光明正大地赢了这场比赛。 Example sentencesExamples - I love to win, but I want to win fair and square too.
- We won fair and square, and we're going to win fair and square again.
- Of course I realised and I started telling everybody I lost the match fair and square, no excuses.
- I'm sure we'll win fair and square later on without having to do anything to upset him.
- They basically say the president campaigned on that notion and he won the election fair and square, it's time for him to move the high court to the right.
- Although it was a close fight, Ali won it fair and square 7-5 in rounds.
- The last match I lost fair and square but I was a little disappointed with the first one
- I believe that I won this medal fair and square, and that the horse has not been given anything that would make him jump better.
- We want to win races fair and square, not to have - having them be stolen.
- We won that fight fair and square, but you had to be a poor sport say we lost when you yourself was dumped on your backside!
Synonyms honestly, fairly, without cheating, without foul play, by the book, according to the rules, in accordance with the rules
Equitable treatment. 公平待遇（或对待） Example sentencesExamples - We have also heard from postmasters who were involved in the programme - my committee therefore pledged to do all it could to secure a fair deal for all involved.
- ‘We don't have the resources to do major promotional campaigns but we do go with a fair deal to our customers,’ he says.
- He vowed to continue to fight for a fair deal for all.
- He was a well known figure in the cattle trade, often travelling the length and breath of the country and he always ensured everybody got a fair deal.
- Mystery shoppers are to visit a random selection of the 2,500 garages in Yorkshire and Humberside to check customers are getting a fair deal.
- Are they not entitled to a fair deal, a good education and equality of opportunity?
- We are confident that our staff, most of whom do not want to strike, will recognise this as a fair deal.
- If our society is committed to giving patients with rare diseases a fair deal, primary care trusts must make funds available for treatment.
- They met last Friday to begin a new campaign in the county which demands a fair deal for carers, with recognition of their work and proper support.
- If I am elected I will be pushing as hard as I can to get a fair deal for local people on local health issues.
informal Used to admit that something is reasonable or acceptable. 〈非正式〉 表示同意有道理；说得对 “I can't come because I'm working late.” “Fair enough.” “我来不了了，因为要工作得很晚。”“没问题。” Example sentencesExamples - If you love her and want to be with her, but are, say, ideologically opposed to marriage, then fair enough.
- You know, it's fair enough not to share your cigarettes with a stranger, but this response seemed excessive.
- If there is a good reason to ban something then fair enough but that reasoning has to be applied to everything equally.
- Now that's fair enough, because a lot of people don't know enough about it to make the decision.
- Banning smoking in restaurants is fair enough - in fact such a ban is pretty much in place.
- It wasn't the only raised eyebrow in an otherwise excellent evening, but fair enough, she did offer to go and find out.
- This is a fair enough definition, but it is salutary, I believe, to consider the implications.
- I'm still a bit mad, and that's fair enough, but I'm not as uptight, maybe, as I was before.
- She said no, of course, which is fair enough, but it was her reaction that upset me the most.
- If it was the result of a comprehensive review and recommendation of how to fix something broken then fair enough.
dated A good reputation. 〈旧〉好名声 Example sentencesExamples - Their conduct has been a blot on the fair name of the country.
- But alas, I haven't a penny to my fair name - at least not after my next few purchases.
- They have disgraced the fair name of secularism.
- Mrs Tearle, a former town mayor and ex-chairman of Braintree District Council, called it a slur on the fair name of Witham at a time when she and the council were trying to raise its profile.
- I am writing to express my concern that the fair name of Shepperton is about to be libelled in the most scurrilous fashion.
dated, humorous Women. 〈旧或幽默〉女性 Example sentencesExamples - But the women in neighbouring Cork are the highest-spending members of the fairer sex, with their average shopping bill coming to €780.
- The reason Fiona stays involved in boxing, despite being the sole representative of the fairer sex, is that she loves it.
- Last year's inaugural ladies football tournament generated huge interest in the area and also brought to light some fine footballing talent among the fairer sex.
- Of course, when I was a college-aged lad, I was under the misguided impression that dressing like a lumberjack and going months without a haircut was the secret to wooing the fairer sex.
- After scoring two number one hits with cultural songs, singer Natty King is once again on the hit trail, this time with Love Me, a love ode to the fairer sex.
- But the controversy in no way affected his following, particularly among the fairer sex.
- Not so many years ago, the participation of the fairer sex in athletics was frowned upon and viewed as being ‘unladylike’.
- The managing committee should have at least two members of the fairer sex, so bequeathed Lady R.C. Bristow, which norm is observed even today, after more than 70 years.
- The news agent racks that are crammed with women's lifestyles magazines may not appear to have room for any more titles targeted at the fairer sex.
- In order to applaud the efforts of women film directors from the Czech Republic, Poland, Bulgaria, Croatia, Russia and Hungary, this year's film festival has been dedicated to the fairer sex.
informal Used to request just treatment or assert that an arrangement is just. 〈英，非正式〉 用于要求受到或承认已受到公平对待公平待遇 Fair's fair—we were here first 对我们也应公平才是——是我们先到这儿的啊。 Example sentencesExamples - I think fair's fair if one parent is a native of the country in question.
- I have to say I thought this was funny, but fair's fair.
- Sitting under a tree with a bunch of women in Kenya, for instance, Maticka-Tyndale decided fair's fair, and let the local women ask her a few questions for a change.
- But fair's fair, it was still a respectable time given his bulky size and he had apparently had a busy day, including a rowing session and a long walk.
- The lamb kebab was delicious and each of us could happily have polished it off, but fair's fair and we split it in two.
- But fair's fair: Henry showed that humour can indeed be more effective than invective.
- So fair's fair, if it's so hard for me why should it be so easy for you?
- After all, fair's fair, and I can't believe they have the audacity to require their players to have certain skills and abilities.
- Not because I'm greedy; fair's fair, and he certainly earns half of it.
- And if he really does want a serious relationship, he'll find someone else eventually - which may be tough for you, but fair's fair: if you don't want him, let someone else have him.
dated, informal Completely and finally. 〈美，非正式〉彻底地；最终 then we'd be rid of him for fair 我希望我们能彻底摆脱他。 Example sentencesExamples - I seem to be putting my foot in it for fair," said the green marine, looking discouraged.
- Henkels & McCoy has been in the high wire and hot wire business ever since 1935 and in 1938 we were in it for fair, though the 1938 job was foul enough for many of the people affected.
in a fair way to do something Having nearly done something, and likely to achieve it. 很有可能办成某事 he is in a fair way to get well Example sentencesExamples - Like so many European churches, St Jacob's is in a fair way to overwhelm me.
- According to The New York Times, Dringer had in less than a decade made customers of the local mill-owners and ‘claimed to be the most extensive junkdealer in the United States, and was in a fair way to control the market.’
informal Unfair (often used in or as a petulant protestation) 〈北美，非正式〉公理何在；不公平；没道理（常用于愤怒抗议时） no fair—we're the only kids in the whole school who don't get to watch TV on school nights 太不公平了——全校只有我们平时晚上不能看电视。 Example sentencesExamples - I tilted my head on my hand, ‘Hey, no fair changing the subject.’
- Now, it's no fair to say you're no Ted Koppel, but the interview sort of moved on.
- Surely I won't surprise you by noting that those stereotypes are mean, misogynist, and no fair (if you need to keep your term paper short, try a literary survey of evil fathers-in-law).
- Hey that's no fair, why do you have to be ordered around by you?
- Nancy called, ‘Hey, no fair! ‘and tried to track him with the pistol while at the same time regaining her balance.’
- Please note that it is no fair to throw banana peels in hopes of playing the rescuing hero.
- Hey, no fair, I barely handled it for a minute!
- It's no fair talking to the mystery person if you're not going to share with the class, Regan.
- That's no fair, I was suppose to find them, NOT you two!
- Hey, no fair firing at me when I was trying to make a point to someone!
OriginOld English fæger ‘pleasing, attractive’, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German fagar. nounferfɛr 1A gathering of stalls and amusements for public entertainment. 庙会 Example sentencesExamples - Some of the attractions offered at fairs and amusement parks have always been dangerous.
- It was the culmination of a fun packed day with activities that included canal associated stalls, a craft fair, a pig roast and a display of canal craft.
- Ulverston welcomes the annual spring fair to town as of Wednesday when all the usual rides, fun and laughter will fill The Gill.
- Today, it is celebrated with street fairs, parties, picnics, and fireworks.
- It sounds good and if it does result in more properly-managed concerts, fairs, festivals and community events being staged in the city's parks it has to be good news.
- In villages, festivals and fairs are occasions for entertainment and relaxation.
- The following weekend will see the procession on the Saturday before the crowds head for the Lawns to enjoy fairs, stalls and displays from local groups.
- Traditional entertainment may be part of religious fairs and festivals or provided by traveling bands of professional entertainers.
- The streets and bars were packed as visitors wandered amongst the stalls, fairs and entertainers on the streets of Killorglin.
- The street will then be set up as a street fair, with food stalls, entertainment booths, exhibitions, and cultural shows.
- These men descend from the era - long before radio and television, cinemas and telephones - when itinerant narrators brought news and entertainment to country fairs and village squares.
- At higher levels, and with greater dexterity, stilts have been used as entertainment props since the fairs of the Middle Ages, and probably long before then.
- Most fairs provided entertainments but these remained only marginal until the major commercial changes of the 18th century.
- Initially, she performed at festivals and fairs, but while on a writing trip to New York City she was talent-spotted and signed to Arista Records by the label's new boss, L. A. Reid.
- Like the original 1969 Woodstock music and arts fair, Willistock will be unforgettable.
- But for children who choose to spend their holidays in their hometowns, fairs and carnivals can be good entertainment.
- Infected children may be excluded by the local authority from school, and from public places of entertainment and assembly such as fairs, swimming pools, cinemas, and skating rinks.
- The scouts hosted an autumn fair, complete with stalls and children's entertainers at the Orbital Retail Park in North Swindon.
- Organisers of fêtes, horse fairs and similar public functions sometimes set up temporary quoits pitches in this way for decades and such games are often referred to as Sward Quoits.
- Many Marathas go to local festivals and fairs, and enjoy traditional folk entertainment.
Synonyms fete, gala, festival, carnival, funfair - 1.1North American A competitive exhibition of livestock, agricultural products, and household skills held annually by a town, county, or state and also featuring entertainment and educational displays.
Example sentencesExamples - One of most enduring memories in my life is when I won a key chain at a county fair.
- The experience far surpasses a pony ride at a county fair, and children will delight in the adventure.
- As for the county fair, well, I'm planning to enter the fruits and vegetables competition.
- It's the Rex breed of rabbit that I drool over every September, in the Small Animal Barn of our county fair.
- Homemade jellies, pies and canned goods earned her ribbons at the county fair.
- Central Market lets me get the shopping done while making me feel as if I've just been to the county fair.
- The boy beamed as if he had just won a stuffed toy in one of those side shows at the county fair.
- I'm sure you have watched dog shows, horse shows, etc. on TV or at a county fair.
- People paid me big bucks to come and train their kids how to properly show livestock at fairs and competitions.
- In lazy summer days, it is usually time for parades, ice cream socials and county fairs.
- For example, when she was thirteen, her bread and embroidery won two grand prizes at the county fair.
- Mom had taken me to the county fair with Lily, and I had won the painting by popping a balloon with a dart.
- Pickpockets gravitate to such high-traffic areas as airports, vacation resorts and county fairs, Foley says.
- After hawking their burgers at county fairs for a few years, they decided to open up a restaurant.
- When I was a kid, going to the county fair was a big deal and every one of them had a shooting gallery.
- Every year, our community has a livestock fair, which JRH has found himself enjoying.
- Why, I remember when my own won the pig competition in the county fair, it made my heart bleat with pride and joy.
- As a kid my neighbor Lois would employ me to gather elderberries for pies that she would enter in the county fair.
- 1.2 A periodic gathering for the sale of goods.
（定期）集市 Example sentencesExamples - ‘I am always on the look out at car boot sales and at antiques fairs,’ she said.
- That said, there are quicker ways to enter the collectable toy market, namely through auctions, toy fairs and car-boot sales.
- The rules were probably suspended during the periodic fairs, some of which did impressive business.
- As auctioneers we are acutely aware of the potential problem this autumn when the traditional sheep sales and fairs have been a major outlet for breeders and store lamb producers.
- To stock the shop the sales team scoured trade fairs to choose a selection that is exciting and unusual.
- Organisers have appealed for items to be donated for sale at the fair.
- The business is so well-known now in Christchurch that the supply of books brought in keeps him very busy, without his going to seek them at fairs or garage sales.
- He said: ‘Stan was a great person to be around and a wonderful organiser of our Christmas bazaars and May Day fairs.’
- The organisation markets these products through exhibitions and fairs at the local and national level, in association with other craft-based agencies.
- While kids love the brightly painted, simple toys, there's another segment of society who pore over internet sites, haunt garage sales and church fairs.
- Having spent several years acquiring photographs from art fairs and auctions around the world, Bernard's collection features some of the most unforgettable shots of the past two centuries.
- For most people the periodic fairs and assemblies were the high spots of the year.
- The couple's complicated travel schedule takes in trade fairs and art sales around the world, while always keeping to the three-week rule.
- In the middle of last year I started making jam and selling it at car boot sales and craft fairs.
- There may well be a few more jumble sales and autumn fairs in Sheffield next year.
- There will be many fairs with street stalls selling all sorts of traditional as well as newer merchandise that will certainly help add to the clutter again.
- Personal snapshots from abandoned family albums turn up in all kinds of places, ‘from postcard fairs, to jumble sales, and dingy halls beside arterial roads,’ as he puts it.
- It will also include events in villages across Lancashire from rose queens, town crier competitions to plant sales and antique fairs.
- Gather a well-stocked home library, perhaps through used-book stores, book fairs, and garage sales.
- Also, being showcased in the book fair guarantees big sales.
- He expects this year's showcase to be affected by the weak dollar but predicts that sales at the fair will still match last year's levels.
Synonyms market, bazaar, mart, exchange, sale - 1.3 An exhibition to promote particular products.
展览会；展销会 the Contemporary Art Fair Example sentencesExamples - Participate regularly at relevant trade fairs for your product - at least one - and then annually so people get to know you and become used to you in their country.
- Last year nearly 20,000 companies exhibited at TDC-sponsored trade fairs attended by more than 400,000 buyers, according to council statistics.
- The models cost a tidy packet but the organisation finds them easy to display at trade fairs and expos, here and overseas.
- Local merchants assisted in promoting the fashion fair in their stores, providing clothing for the models, and door prizes.
- Implement manufacturers, grocers, lawyers, and railroad executives all had a stake in the health of the rural economy and worked tirelessly to promote fairs.
- Linda, who exhibits at local wedding fairs and exhibitions, has designed all the decoration arrangements which she keeps in a ready available portfolio.
- Yang Renzheng was speaking at the Hong Kong trade fair promoting his city Huzhou.
- How does displaying a product at a trade fair conform to a requirement to observe a strict code of confidentiality in relation to the product?
- Demonstrators at an arms fair in London that same year were also searched under anti-terrorism legislation.
- For the foreign participants in those exhibitions and trade fairs from especially Europe another reform seems necessary.
- After the hectic Christmas build-up which starts as early as September the time has come to visit more trade fairs and source new products.
- And Dr Sousa said that this gap in communication can often surface, embarrassingly, at business fairs and exhibitions.
- He said those working in the exhibition industry should be familiar with products and services in world markets and be able to organise promotions and trade fairs, and many are not.
- He added that access to relevant Germany industry exhibition catalogues and trade fairs was vital and explained that services such as translation and support made a huge difference.
- The atrium hosts a variety of events from art shows and children's concerts to health fairs and screenings.
- Abbreviated screening, or cholesterol testing, is also available to the public through health fairs and at some pharmacies.
- Mistry is also conducting a workshop at the trade fair, where this exhibition has been put up.
- Trade fairs and exhibitions, which herald every festival season, have already come up at various spots in the city.
- Shot almost entirely at one of those trade fairs on a huge exhibition space, Helen Graham and Rosie Ellison's film touches on things rather than investigates in depth.
- Christopher visits markets, agricultural shows and trade fairs all over Britain seeking out the best producers to join the Distinctly British fold.
Synonyms exhibition, display, show, showing, presentation, demonstration, exposition, spectacle, extravaganza
OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘periodic gathering for the sale of goods’): from Old French feire, from late Latin feria, singular of Latin feriae ‘holy days’ (on which such fairs were often held). verbferfɛr [with object]usually as adjective fairedStreamline (a vehicle, boat, or aircraft) by adding fairings. 使（车辆，船舶，飞机）具有流线型 it is fully faired and race ready Example sentencesExamples - Torpedo tubes are faired into either side of the bow, complete with live torpedoes.
- The hull is then faired and painted in the traditional black for the Galway hookers.
OriginOld English in the senses ‘beautify’ and ‘appear or become clean’. The current sense dates from the mid 19th century. |