缩写自古英语faeger, 美丽的,漂亮的,来自PIE*pek, 使美丽,漂亮。词义由美丽引申为公平,公正。比较very, 原义为真实的,even, 原义为平的。
fair 集市,庙会来自拉丁语feriae, 宗教节目,宗教集会,词源同festival.
Others, who have not gone to such a height of audacious wickedness, have yet considered common prostitutes as fair game, which they might pursue without restraint. ["Advice from a Father to a Son, Just Entered into the Army and about to Go Abroad into Action," London, 1776]
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来自柯林斯例句
来自柯林斯例句
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