2PHRASE [PHRASE with cl]说句公道话;公平地说;公正地说 You use fairness in expressions such as in fairness to and in all fairness 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. 说句公道话;公平地说;公正地说
In fairness to Bates, he always made it very clear that Webb was only on trial until the end of the season.
替贝茨说句公道话,他意思一直很明确,韦布在本赛季结束前只是试用。
There is much more to be said, in all fairness, on both sides of the issue.
公平地说,问题的正反两面都还有很多要说的。
Quotations
One should always play fairly when one has the winning cardsOscar WildeAn Ideal Husband
ADJECTIVE | VERB + FAIRNESS | FAIRNESS + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤basic, elementary, simple基本的/起碼的/完全公平◇This is a matter of basic fairness.這是一件關乎基本公正的事情。➤scrupulous (especially BrE) 一絲不苟的公平◇Dr Jones was treated with scrupulous fairness by his employers.雇主們對瓊斯博士極其公正。➤procedural (law法律) 程序公正➤economic經濟上的公平◇issues of economic fairness and personal equality經濟公平與個人平等的問題VERB + FAIRNESS➤achieve, ensure, guarantee達到/確保/保證公正◇a way of achieving fairness to the accused為被告求得公正的方法➤question對公平提出質疑◇Many people questioned the fairness of the election.許多人對這次選舉的公正性提出了質疑。FAIRNESS + VERB➤➤demand sth, require sth要做到公正需要⋯/要求⋯◇Fairness demanded an equal division of the winnings.要做到公正,就要平均分配贏得的錢。PREPOSITION➤in (all) fairness說句公道話◇In all fairness to him, I should say that most of his story is true.公平地講,應該說他所敍述的大部份是真實的。➤with fairness公平地◇They were all treated with strict fairness.他們都受到了絕對公正的對待。➤fairness in⋯中的公正◇the need for fairness in applying these rules執行這些規則時所需要的公平➤fairness to對⋯的公平◇The new system of waiting lists should guarantee fairness to all patients.新的候診名單系統能保證對所有患者都公平。PHRASES➤a sense of fairness公平意識◇Children have a very strong sense of fairness.兒童有很強的公平意識。