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fairly adv.公正地；相当地 (1) 这家公司公正地对待每位客户。(2) 我认为警察对我非常公正。(3) 今天相当热。(4) 他总的健康状况相当令人满意。(5) 我们并不富有,但生活还较宽裕。 A teacher who doesn't treat all students fairly isn't a very good teacher — and a police officer who doesn't act fairly toward all citizens is also doing a poor job. When you behave fairly, you're unbiased and impartial, and you follow the rules. You can also use this adverb to mean "to a large degree" or "reasonably." For example, you could say, "I'm fairly certain that it's going to snow again tomorrow."

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英 ['feəli] 美 ['ferli] (1) This company deals fairly with every client.(2) I think I was quite fairly treated by the police.(3) It's fairly hot today.(4) His general state of health is fairly satisfactory.(5) We're not rich but we're fairly comfortable. When you do something fairly, you treat everyone with equal consideration. Sharing a pizza fairly between six people is easy: just give each person one slice. 1[ADV 副词]相当；还；尚 Fairly means to quite a large degree. For example, if you say that something is fairly old, you mean that it is old but not very old.   [ADV adj/adv]Both ships are fairly new...两艘船都还比较新。We did fairly well but only fairly well.我们做得还过得去，但也仅仅是过得去而已。2[ADV 副词](用在形容词和副词前，代替very,表示强调，但比 very 语气弱)有些，有点，还算 You use fairly instead of  'very' to add emphasis to an adjective or adverb without making it sound too forceful.   [ADV adj/adv]  [vagueness]Were you always fairly bright at school?...你在学校一直还算聪明吧？You've got to be fairly single-minded about it...对这事你还得专心一点。I'll have no income and no home and will need a job fairly badly.我快没收入也没地方住了，急需找一份工作。3[ADV 副词](表示强调)在很大程度上，简直 Fairly is used to emphasize that something happens to a very great degree or extent.   [ADV before v]  [emphasis]He fairly flew across the room...他简直是飞过了房间。For him, the place is fairly boiling with humanity...对他来说，这个地方充满了人情味。4[ADV-GRADED 副词]简直；几乎可以说 You use fairly to suggest that a statement is probably or possibly true, and therefore deserves to be accepted or considered.   [ADV before v]It can no doubt be fairly argued that Sir John, whose pay is linked to performance, is entitled to every penny...毋庸置疑，既然约翰爵士的薪水是与业绩挂钩的，他的每一分钱都是理所应得的。After I had read the book I could fairly claim to be an expert.读完这本书，我差不多可以说是专家了。5See also:fair；  Usage Note :Fairly, pretty, quite, and rather can all be used to modify adjectives and adverbs, but are all less strong than very. Rather and pretty are the strongest of these words and are the closest to very. Pretty, in this sense, is informal. Therefore, if you said to someone, 'Your work is pretty good' or 'Your work is rather good', they would be more likely to be pleased that if you said 'Your work is quite good' or 'Your work is fairly good'. However, rather is commonly used with words indicating negative qualities. I was feeling rather sad. It is the only one of these words that can be used with comparatives, and with too. Global warming could be rather worse than we think it will be... He was becoming rather too friendly with my ex-boyfriend. Quite is slightly stronger than fairly, and may suggest that something has more of a quality than expected. Nobody here's ever heard of it but it is actually quite common. fairly, pretty, quite 和 rather 都可用来修饰形容词和副词，但都没有 very 语气强。rather 与 pretty 是这几个词中语气最强、与 very 最接近的词。pretty 用于此意是非正式的用法，因此如果对某人说 Your work is pretty good (你干得很好)或 Your work is rather good (你干得相当好), 比说 Your work is quite good (你干得很不错)或 Your work is fairly good (你干得还不错), 更让听者感到高兴。但 rather 通常与带有负面意义的词连用，如 I was feeling rather sad (我觉得很难过)。rather 也是这些词中唯一能与比较级和 too 连用的词。如：Global warming could be rather worse than we think it will be (全球变暖可能比我们想象的还要严重些)。He was becoming rather too friendly with my ex-boyfriend (他和我的前男友有些亲密过头了)。 quite比 fairly 语气稍强， 表示某物比预料中更具某种品质。如：Nobody here's ever heard of it but it is actually quite common (这儿没人听说过它，但它实际上很常见)。

英语单词	fairly
英美音标	英 ['feəli] 美 ['ferli]
中文释义	adv.公正地；相当地
英语例句	(1) This company deals fairly with every client. (2) I think I was quite fairly treated by the police. (3) It's fairly hot today. (4) His general state of health is fairly satisfactory. (5) We're not rich but we're fairly comfortable.
中文例句	(1) 这家公司公正地对待每位客户。 (2) 我认为警察对我非常公正。 (3) 今天相当热。 (4) 他总的健康状况相当令人满意。 (5) 我们并不富有,但生活还较宽裕。
vocabulary简明	When you do something fairly, you treat everyone with equal consideration. Sharing a pizza fairly between six people is easy: just give each person one slice.
vocabulary扩展	A teacher who doesn't treat all students fairly isn't a very good teacher — and a police officer who doesn't act fairly toward all citizens is also doing a poor job. When you behave fairly, you're unbiased and impartial, and you follow the rules. You can also use this adverb to mean "to a large degree" or "reasonably." For example, you could say, "I'm fairly certain that it's going to snow again tomorrow."
柯林斯解释	1 [ADV 副词]相当；还；尚 Fairly means to quite a large degree. For example, if you say that something is fairly old, you mean that it is old but not very old. [ADV adj/adv] Both ships are fairly new... 两艘船都还比较新。 We did fairly well but only fairly well. 我们做得还过得去，但也仅仅是过得去而已。 2 [ADV 副词](用在形容词和副词前，代替very,表示强调，但比 very 语气弱)有些，有点，还算 You use fairly instead of 'very' to add emphasis to an adjective or adverb without making it sound too forceful. [ADV adj/adv] [vagueness] Were you always fairly bright at school?... 你在学校一直还算聪明吧？ You've got to be fairly single-minded about it... 对这事你还得专心一点。 I'll have no income and no home and will need a job fairly badly. 我快没收入也没地方住了，急需找一份工作。 3 [ADV 副词](表示强调)在很大程度上，简直 Fairly is used to emphasize that something happens to a very great degree or extent. [ADV before v] [emphasis] He fairly flew across the room... 他简直是飞过了房间。 For him, the place is fairly boiling with humanity... 对他来说，这个地方充满了人情味。 4 [ADV-GRADED 副词]简直；几乎可以说 You use fairly to suggest that a statement is probably or possibly true, and therefore deserves to be accepted or considered. [ADV before v] It can no doubt be fairly argued that Sir John, whose pay is linked to performance, is entitled to every penny... 毋庸置疑，既然约翰爵士的薪水是与业绩挂钩的，他的每一分钱都是理所应得的。 After I had read the book I could fairly claim to be an expert. 读完这本书，我差不多可以说是专家了。 5 See also:fair ； Usage Note : Fairly, pretty, quite, and rather can all be used to modify adjectives and adverbs, but are all less strong than very. Rather and pretty are the strongest of these words and are the closest to very. Pretty, in this sense, is informal. Therefore, if you said to someone, 'Your work is pretty good' or 'Your work is rather good', they would be more likely to be pleased that if you said 'Your work is quite good' or 'Your work is fairly good'. However, rather is commonly used with words indicating negative qualities. I was feeling rather sad. It is the only one of these words that can be used with comparatives, and with too. Global warming could be rather worse than we think it will be... He was becoming rather too friendly with my ex-boyfriend. Quite is slightly stronger than fairly, and may suggest that something has more of a quality than expected. Nobody here's ever heard of it but it is actually quite common. fairly, pretty, quite 和 rather 都可用来修饰形容词和副词，但都没有 very 语气强。rather 与 pretty 是这几个词中语气最强、与 very 最接近的词。pretty 用于此意是非正式的用法，因此如果对某人说 Your work is pretty good (你干得很好)或 Your work is rather good (你干得相当好), 比说 Your work is quite good (你干得很不错)或 Your work is fairly good (你干得还不错), 更让听者感到高兴。但 rather 通常与带有负面意义的词连用，如 I was feeling rather sad (我觉得很难过)。rather 也是这些词中唯一能与比较级和 too 连用的词。如：Global warming could be rather worse than we think it will be (全球变暖可能比我们想象的还要严重些)。He was becoming rather too friendly with my ex-boyfriend (他和我的前男友有些亲密过头了)。 quite比 fairly 语气稍强，表示某物比预料中更具某种品质。如：Nobody here's ever heard of it but it is actually quite common (这儿没人听说过它，但它实际上很常见)。

Fairly Work Good I Pretty 副词 [Adv Adv