fair

詳細解釋：

fair

adj.（形容詞）
fair.er,fair.est
Of pleasing appearance, especially because of a pure or fresh quality; comely.
美麗的：外表美麗的，尤指因為純潔或青春活力的特點的；美麗的

Light in color, especially blond:
金色的：淡色的，尤指金黃色的：
例句：
fair hair.
金髮

Of light complexion:
膚色淺的：
例句：
fair skin.
白皙的皮膚

Free of clouds or storms; clear and sunny:
晴朗的：無雲和風的；睛朗的：
例句：
fair skies.
晴朗的天空

Free of blemishes or stains; clean and pure:
純潔的：無瑕的或無污點的；乾淨和純潔的：
例句：
one`s fair name.
清白的名聲

Promising; likely:
大有希望的；可能的：
例句：
We`re in a fair way to succeed.
我們很可能會成功

Having or exhibiting a disposition that is free of favoritism or bias; impartial:
公平的：有或表現出不偏袒的或無偏見的性情的；公平的：
例句：
a fair mediator.
公正的仲裁者

Just to all parties; equitable:
公正的，平等的：對各方都公平對待的；公平的：
例句：
a compromise that is fair to both factions.
一個對兩派都公平的協定

Being in accordance with relative merit or significance:
合理的：與相關的優點或重要性相稱的：
例句：
She wanted to receive her fair share of the proceeds.
她想從贏利中得到應得的份額

Consistent with rules, logic, or ethics:
合宜的：符合規則、邏輯或行為準則：
例句：
a fair tactic.
合宜的策略

Moderately good; mildly satisfying:
普通的：比較好；比較令人滿意的：
例句：
gave only a fair performance of the sonata.
一次比較好的奏鳴曲演出

Superficially true or appealing; specious:
似乎合理的：貌似真實的；貌似有理的：
例句：
Don`t trust his fair promises.
不要相信他貌似真實的許諾

Lawful to hunt or attack:
合法狩獵或侵襲的：
例句：
fair game.
正大光明的比賽

Archaic Free of all obstacles.
【古語】 無障礙的
adv.（副詞）
In a proper or legal manner:
光明正大地：用適當的或合法的方式：
例句：
playing fair.
光明正大地處事

Directly; straight:
直接地：
例句：
a blow caught fair in the stomach.
腹部挨了一擊

v.tr.（及物動詞）
faired,fair.ing,fairs
To join (pieces) so as to be smooth, even, or regular:
接平：使光滑、平滑或整齊以連線（各部分）：
例句：
faired the aircraft`s wing into the fuselage.
把機翼連在機身上

n.（名詞）
Archaic A beautiful or beloved woman.
【古語】 漂亮的或心愛的女人
Obsolete Loveliness; beauty.
【廢語】 美麗的事物；美女

<常用詞組>fair off 或
fair up 【多用於美國南部】
To become clear. Used of weather.
放晴：變睛。用於天氣
<習慣用語>fair and square
Just and honest.
公正誠實
for fair
To the greatest or fullest extent possible:
最大可能的：
例句：
Our team was beaten for fair in that tournament.
我們隊在那場比賽中被徹底打敗了

no fair
Something contrary to the rules:
違背法規：
例句：
That was no fair.
那不公平

來源：
Middle English
中古英文
from Old English fôger [lovely, pleasant]
源自 古英文 fôger [可愛的，愉快的]

【引伸】
fair.ness
n.（名詞）
<參考辭彙><同義詞>fair,just,equitable,impartial,unprejudiced,unbiased,objective,dispassionateThese adjectives mean free from favoritism, self-interest, or bias in judgment.
這些形容詞表示不偏袒、不自私或在判斷中無偏見。
Fair is the most general:
Fair 是最普遍的：
例句：
a fair referee;
公平的裁判員；

例句：
a fair deal;
公平交易；

例句：
a fair fight;
公平戰爭；

例句：
on a fair footing.
地位平等。

Just stresses conformity with what is legally or ethically right or proper:
Just 強調與法律或道德準則所提倡的一致：
例句：
a kind and just man;
一位和善、公正的男人；

例句：
.a just and lasting peace. (Abraham Lincoln).
.公正持久的和平. （亞伯拉罕·林肯）。

Equitable also implies justice, but justice dictated by reason, conscience, and a natural sense of what is fair to all concerned:
Equitable 也含有公正的意思，但強調由理智、良心和在通盤考慮後自然得出的公正：
例句：
an equitable distribution of gifts among the children.
公平地給孩子們分發禮物。

Impartial emphasizes lack of favoritism:
Impartial 強調不偏袒：
例句：
.the cold neutrality of an impartial judge. (Edmund Burke).
.不偏不倚的法官保持冷漠的中立. （埃德蒙·布爾克）。

Unprejudiced means without favorable or unfavorable preconceived opinions or judgments:
Unprejudiced 表示沒有預先形成偏好或厭惡的想法或評判：
例句：
an unprejudiced evaluation of the arguments for and against the proposal.
公正地評價贊成和反對計畫的論據。

Unbiased implies absence of the preference or inclination inhibiting impartiality:
Unbiased 強調無偏愛，無偏見：
例句：
gave an unbiased account of her family problems.
無偏見地敘述她的家庭問題。

Objective implies detachment that permits observation and judgment without undue reference to one`s personal feelings or thoughts:
Objective 指純客觀地觀察，與一切個人感情、偏見或意見都無關：
例句：
Try to be objective as you listen to the testimony.
在聽證詞時一定要客觀。

Dispassionate means free from or unaffected by strong personal emotions:
Dispassionate 沒有或不受個人強烈情緒的影響：
例句：
A journalist should be a dispassionate reporter of fact. See also Synonyms at average ,beautiful
記者應當是對事實作冷靜報導的人 參見同義詞 average,beautiful

<注釋>American folk speech puts Standard English to shame in its wealth of words for describing weather conditions.When the weather goes from fair to cloudy,New Englanders say that it`s .breedin` up a storm. (Maine informant in theLinguistic Atlas of New England ). If the weather is clear, however,a New Englander might call itopen. Southernfair off and fair up, meaning .to become clear,. were originally Northeastern terms and were brought to the South as settlement expanded southward and westward.They are now .regionalized to the South,. according to Craig M. Carver, author ofAmerican Regional Dialects. These phrases may be the origin of modern and less regional coinings,such asmild up, used on a television weather forecast: .The Southwest is beginning to mild up just a tad..
美國方言對天氣狀況的描寫因其應有盡有的單詞使標準英文黯然失色。當天氣由晴轉多雲時，新英格蘭人會說.孕育著一場暴風雨.（新英格蘭語言學圖冊 的緬因訊息提供者）。 但如果天氣是無雲的，新英格蘭人也許會說open。 南部的fair off 和 fair up 所表示的放晴， 起源於東北部詞語，後被帶到南部成為固定用法並向南向西流傳。根據克雷格M·卡弗爾，美國地區方言 的作者所說，它們如今已.被南方地區化了.。 這些詞組或許正是現代不再具地區性的詞句的起源，例如mild up， 用於電視天氣預報： .西南將變得暖和一點.
<注釋>The history of the wordfair illustrates how words can weaken in meaning over time. In Old English the ancestor offair, fôger, had senses such as .lovely, beautiful, pleasant, agreeable,. a far cry from our modern sense .mildly good or satisfying..The Old English senses passed into Middle English,where the wordfair started to take a slight turn in the direction already alluded to. Fair could mean .highly to be approved of, splendid, good,.but it could also be used ironically,as in Chaucer`s observation after a horse threw the Cook on the pilgrimage to Canterbury:.that was a fair feat of horsemanship by the Cook..This ironic use was probably not responsible for the semantic weakening offair, but it shows how a positive word can have its meaning reversed.The weakening offair was most likely caused by .the determined optimism which led to the use of fair . . . rather than direct expression of discontent,.in the words of George H. McKnight.One might add as another cause the desire to avoid hurting other people`s feelings.
單詞fair 的歷史表明隨歲月的流逝單詞的語意變弱。 在古英文中fair，fôger 本意是.可愛的，漂亮的，愉快的.， 與我們現在的.比較好或滿意的.大相逕庭。古英文傳到中世紀英文時，fair 已開始在引申的方向上有微小的轉變。 Fair 可以表達.被高度讚許的，輝煌的，好的，.但也可用作反語，如在往坎特伯雷朝聖的途中馬將科克摔下時後，喬爾斯評論道：.那是科克精湛騎術的體現.。這種反語用法也許對fair 語義學上的弱化沒有聯繫， 但它表明了一個褒義的單詞可以變得意思完全相反。fair 的弱化很大程度上緣於.堅決的樂觀主義導致 fair 的用法改變， 而不是直接表達不滿意的意思，.喬治赫·馬克奈特如此評論。人們可以再添上其它原因以免傷害別人的感情

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n.（名詞）
A gathering held at a specified time and place for the buying and selling of goods; a market.
集市：在特定時間和地點展開的買賣物品的集會；市場
An exhibition, as of farm products or manufactured goods, usually accompanied by various competitions and entertainments:
博覽會：農產品或手工藝產品的展覽，通常帶有競爭性和娛樂性：
例句：
a state fair.
國家博覽會

An exhibition intended to inform people about a product or business opportunity:
展銷會：為公眾了解某產品或獲知商業信息而設定的展覽：
例句：
a computer fair; a job fair.
電腦展銷會；職業交流會

An event, usually for the benefit of a charity or public institution, including entertainment and the sale of goods; a bazaar:
義賣：通常為慈善目的或公眾機構而舉行的活動，包括娛樂、賣物品；義賣：
例句：
a church fair.
教堂義賣市場

來源：
Middle English faire
中古英文 faire
from Old French feire
源自 古法文 feire
from Late Latin fôria
源自 後期拉丁語 fôria
sing. of Latin fôriae [holidays] * see dhôs-
拉丁語 fôriae的單數 [假日] *參見 dhôs-