- ADJ-GRADED 合理的;公平的;公正的
 Something or someone that is fair is reasonable, right, and just.- It didn't seem fair to leave out her father...
 将她父亲排除在外似乎不公平。
- Do you feel they're paying their fair share?...
 你觉得他们付了该付的那份钱吗?
- Independent observers say the campaign's been very much fairer than expected...
 独立观察员说竞选比预期要公平得多。
- I wanted them to get a fair deal...
 我希望他们得到公平的待遇。
- An appeals court had ruled that they could not get a fair trial in Los Angeles.
 上诉法庭已经裁定他们在洛杉矶无法得到公正的审判。
 
- ADJ (数量、程度、尺寸或距离)相当多(或大、长)的
 A fair amount, degree, size, or distance is quite a large amount, degree, size, or distance.- My neighbours across the street travel a fair amount...
 我街对面的邻居游历甚广。
- My mother's brother lives a fair distance away so we don't see him and his family very often.
 我舅舅住在相当远的地方,所以我们很少见到他和他的家人。
 
- ADJ (猜测、想法)正确的,合理的
 A fair guess or idea about something is one that is likely to be correct.- It's a fair guess to say that the damage will be extensive...
 说损失会很严重想必猜得不错。
- I have a fair idea of how difficult things can be.
 我大致了解情况会有多困难。
 
- ADJ (水平、质量)一般的,尚可的,不错的
 If you describe someone or something as fair, you mean that they are average in standard or quality, neither very good nor very bad.- Reimar had a fair command of English.
 赖马尔的英语说得还不错。
 
- ADJ-GRADED (头发)浅色的,淡色的
 Someone who is fair, or who has fair hair, has light-coloured hair.- Both children were very like Robina, but were much fairer than she was.
 两个孩子都很像罗比娜,但头发颜色比她浅得多。
- Fair is also a combining form.
 (亦可用于构词)
- ...a tall, fair-haired Englishman.
 一个高个子、金色头发的英国人
 
- ADJ-GRADED (皮肤)白皙的
 Fair skin is very pale and usually burns easily.- It's important to protect my fair skin from the sun.
 保护我白皙的皮肤不受日晒是很紧要的。
- Fair is also a combining form.
 (亦可用于构词)
- Fair-skinned people who spend a great deal of time in the sun have the greatest risk of skin cancer.
 皮肤白皙的人如果长期暴露在太阳下,患皮肤癌的可能性最大。
 
- ADJ-GRADED (天气)晴朗的,晴好的
 When the weather is fair, it is quite sunny and not raining.- Weather conditions were fair.
 天气晴好。
 
-  集市;市场
 A county, state, or country fair is an event where there are, for example, displays of goods and animals, and amusements, games, and competitions.
 
-  同 funfair
 A fair is the same as a funfair .
 
in AM, use 美国英语用 carnival
										- See also:  ...an antiques fair.  craft fair  trade fair 
- PHRASE 说句公道话;平心而论
 You use fair in expressions such as to be fair and let's be fair when you want to add a favourable comment about someone or something that you have just mentioned and to correct a false impression that you might have given.- To be fair, the team is young and not yet settled...
 说句公道话,这个队还年轻,还没有成型。
- And, let us be fair, some MPs do work hard.
 而且,说句公道话,有些下院议员工作还是很卖力的。
 
- PHRASE (说法、决定或行为)有些道理,说得过去
 You use fair enough when you want to say that a statement, decision, or action seems reasonable to a certain extent, but that perhaps there is more to be said or done.- If you don't like it, fair enough, but that's hardly a justification to attack the whole thing...
 如果你不喜欢,这说得过去,但把它批得一无是处就没什么道理了。
- Fair enough, you didn't have a perfectly happy childhood: but your childhood is over now.
 没错,你的童年生活不那么幸福:但它已经过去了。
 
- CONVENTION 有道理;说得对;敢情好
 You say fair enough to acknowledge what someone has just said and to indicate that you understand it.- 'I'm taking it to our local police station.' — 'Oh right, fair enough.'...
 “我要告到本地警察局。”——“呵,对,干得有理。”
- 'The message was addressed to me and I don't see why I should show it to you.' — 'Fair enough.'
 “这条信息是写给我的,我不明白为什么要给你看。”——“说得在理。”
 
- PHRASE 做事光明正大;行事正直
 If you say that someone plays fair, you mean that they behave or act in a reasonable and honest way.- The government is not playing fair, one union official told me.
 政府在搞鬼,一位工会官员告诉我。
 
- PHRASE 可以说;应该说
 You use fair in expressions such as It would be fair to say in order to introduce a statement which you believe to be true and reasonable.- It would be fair to say he had one or two unhappy moments out there...
 可以这么说,他在那里有过一两次不愉快。
- I think it's fair to say that it didn't sound quite right.
 我想应该说那听起来可不太对。
 
- PHRASE 光明正大地;诚实地
 If you say that someone won a competition fair and square, you mean that they won honestly and without cheating.- There are no excuses. We were beaten fair and square.
 没话说,我们是给正大光明地打败的。
 
- a fair crack of the whip → see: crack