Life is not always fair. 生活並非總是公平的。
Everyone has a right to a fair trial. 每人都有權得到公平的審判。
free and fair elections 自由而公平的選舉
It wouldn't be fair to the others if she is paid more. 如果她得到更多報酬,對其他人來說就不公平了。
Teachers have to be scrupulously fair in marking examination papers. 老師在評閱試卷時必須絕對公平。
We aim to provide healthy food at fair prices. 我們的目標是提供價格合理的健康食品。
It is not fair to attack his personal life in this way. 用這種方式攻擊他的個人生活是不公正的。
I'll come back when you're in a more reasonable mood. 等你理智一些後,我再回來。
Come on, be reasonable – I didn't mean to do it! 得啦!講點道理。我不是有意這樣做的。
We have taken all reasonable precautions to avoid an accident. 我們已采取了所有合理的措施來避免意外事故的發生。
His anger was an entirely natural reaction. 他的憤怒是完全自然的反應。
It's only natural to worry about your child's diet. 擔心孩子的飲食是很自然的。
Seek independent legal advice before entering into an agreement. 達成協議前要尋求獨立的法律建議。
There have been calls for an independent inquiry into the train crash. 有人呼籲對火車撞車事故進行獨立調查。
It is perfectly legitimate to ask questions about a politician's personal life. 詢問政治家的私人生活狀況是完全合乎情理的。
Did he have a legitimate excuse for being late? 他遲到有正當的理由嗎?
Our goal is a just and lasting peace. 我們的目標是公正持久的和平。
a just society 公平的社會
Few people think that the decision was just. 沒有幾個人認爲這一裁決是公正的。
a just ruler 正直的統治者
a decent caring man 待人寬厚、關心他人的人
It was decent of David to offer to pay. 戴維真好,主動提出要付錢。
When I told her the truth, she was quite decent about it. 當我告訴她真相時,她對此事持很寬容的態度。
The accepted wisdom is that public services are best run by governments. 公認的看法是公共服務由政府管理是最好的。
Corruption was an accepted part of the political culture. 腐敗是政治文化中公認的一部分。
unbiased reporting 無偏見的報道
We aim to provide balanced reporting of this difficult issue. 我們旨在就此難題提供公正的報道。
a balanced package of tax reforms 一攬子合理的稅改計劃
Look, I won't charge you for delivery; you can't say fairer than that. 瞧,我不會收你的運費;這應該是你最希望的了。
Let's discuss this in a civilized manner. 讓我們以文雅的方式討論這個問題吧。
It was a good clean fight. 這是一場公正的比賽。
Men and women should receive equal pay for equal work. 男女應該同工同酬。
Everyone should have equal access to healthcare services. 每人都應該平等享受醫療服務。
an equitable distribution of funds
She had to admit she'd been defeated fair and square. 她不得不承認她是被對手正大光明地擊敗的。
I do my best to treat all my children fairly. 我盡量公正地對待我所有的孩子。
Fair's fair, I had the car yesterday so you can have it today.
a new era of inclusive and accountable government 一個有着廣泛代表性的、負責任的政府新時代
Several researchers have arrived independently at remarkably similar conclusions.
The cartoonist writes as if his characters exist almost independently of their creator.
These claims cannot be independently confirmed.
It is only fair to let him go. 只有讓他走才對。
It's only fair that I should pay half of the cost. 只有我付一半的費用才合理。
Were they morally justified in lying to Mrs Keech? 他們對基奇夫人撒謊合乎道德嗎?
His optimism was fully justified. 他的樂觀完全是正確的。
India is justly proud of her democratic institutions. 印度有充分的理由爲她的民主制度感到驕傲。
He failed to rule his people justly. 他沒能做到公正治民。
The team was magnanimous in defeat. 該隊雖然失利了但表現得很有氣度。
Richards was obviously disappointed at being left out of the team. 理查茲顯然因爲被球隊排除在外而感到失望。
‘Isn't he afraid?' ‘Obviously not.' “他不害怕嗎?”“顯然不!”
It is no longer politically correct to refer to the educationally subnormal. 再說教育上低於正常標準在政治上已經不正確了。
Some very politically correct parents won't let their children play with toy guns. 一些非常講究政治原則的家長不讓他們的孩子擺弄玩具槍。
She behaved very reasonably. 她行爲舉止很得體。
This is the best that can reasonably be expected from him. 這是人們對他最合理的期望。
a sporting gesture 很有運動家風度的姿態
That's very sporting of you! 你真有運動家風度!
Politicians try their best to remain uncontroversial before elections. 政治家們在選舉前盡最大努力不引起爭議。
Their reaction is perfectly understandable in the circumstances. 他們在這種情況下的反應是完全可以理解的。
It's understandable that mistakes were made. 犯錯誤是正常的。
They are understandably upset at being given the wrong information. 他們因得到錯誤的信息而感到不高興,這是可以理解的。
If the underlying assumption isn't valid, then the prosecution's case simply falls apart. 如果基本的假設無法成立,那麽控方的訴訟就不攻自破。
These are valid reasons why we should ban tobacco advertising. 這些是我們應該禁止煙草廣告的令人信服的理由。
Some of the criticisms were perfectly valid. 這些批評有些完全是有根據的。
He is an old-fashioned, uncomplicated, whiter-than-white hero. 他是個傳統、純樸、非常誠實的主人公。
The sport's lily-white reputation has been stained by the affair. 這項運動清白的名聲被這一事件玷污了。
No one could, with justice, have said he was lazy. 公正地講,沒有人會說他懶惰。
It has been claimed, with some justification, that his role in the negotiations was not as significant as history would have us believe. 據稱他在談判中的作用並不像歷史讓我們相信的那樣重要,這有一定的道理。
Making an apology was the obvious thing to do. 道歉是最明智之舉。
His experience made him the obvious choice for the position. 他的經驗使他成爲這一職務明擺着的人選。
There's a perfectly obvious explanation for this trend. 這一趨勢有一種極合理的解釋。
There was no immediately obvious solution that we could think of. 我們想不出能馬上合理解決問題的方法。
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