fair(ly)
1.fair作“美丽的”解现在很不普通。
2.fair knowledge, fair specimen, fair ability, fair health等表达方式里fair都作“还算好的”或“说得过去的”解。fairly good, fairly safe, fairly certain, fairly well, fairly soon等表达方式里的fairly都作“还算好地”或“说得过去地”解。只用于褒义,不用于贬义,如不可说fairly bad或fairly dangerous。
3.play fair(办事公正合理),hit fair(依照规则出击),fight fair(依照规则开打)等表达方式里用fair, treat him fairly, deal fairly with them(公平对待他们)等表达方式里用fairly。