词汇 | fairly |
释义 | fairlyUK:*/ˈfɛərli/US:/ˈfɛrli/ ,(fâr′lē)UK-Yorkshire:Irish:Scottish:US Southern:Jamaican: 主要翻译 fairly adv (evenly or justly)公平地;公正地History doesn't always judge people fairly.历史并非总是公正地评判世人。usage: ‘fairly’Don't use ‘fair’ as an adverb, except in the expression play fair. If you want to say that something is done in a reasonable or just way, the word you use is fairly.We want it to be fairly distributed.He had not explained things fairly.Fairly also has a completely different meaning. It means ‘to quite a large degree’.The information was fairly accurate.I wrote the first part fairly quickly.Be carefulDon't use ‘fairly’ in front of a comparative form. Don't say, for example, ‘The train is fairly quicker than the bus’. In conversation and less formal writing, you say ‘The train is a bit quicker than the bus’. Golf's a bit more expensive.I began to understand her a bit better.Be carefulIn more formal writing, you use rather or somewhat.In short, the problems now look rather worse than they did a year ago.The results were somewhat lower than expected.Many other words and expressions can be used to show degree. fairly adv (by the rules)合法地,合规地;正当地The referee watched to make sure all the players played fairly.裁判员仔细观察以确保选手合规地进行比赛。 fairly adv (more or less)相当;尚可;还The house was fairly well made and didn't collapse when the storm hit.这所房屋建得相当牢固,风暴来袭时也没有坍塌。 复合形式: fair and square, fairly and squarely adv (win: without cheating) (赢、获胜)公平地,公正地,光明正大地My nine-year-old daughter played a great game of chess; she beat me fair and square. fairly good adj (reasonable, acceptable)相当好的I didn't get top marks in the exam, but my results were fairly good. |
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