fairly
英 ['feəlɪ]
美['fɛrli]
- adv. 相当地；公平地；简直
- n. (Fairly)人名；(英)费尔利
同义词辨析
fairly, pretty, quite, rather
这些程度副词都有"相当，颇"之意。
fairly： 语意最弱，多用于褒义，表示适度地、尚可的意思。不可与too或比较级连用。
pretty： 用法与rather相似。常用于非正式文体。
quite含义比fairly稍强，与不定冠词连用时，一般放在不定冠词之前。
rather语气比quite强，褒意贬意无可使用。可与too和比较级连用。
双语例句
- 1. She was a fairly rigid person who had strong religious views.
- 她相当顽固，宗教观念极强。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. We have a fairly good idea of what's going on.
- 我们对正在发生的事有着相当清楚的认识。
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- 3. We've got a fairly unfavourable exchange rate at the moment.
- 眼下汇率对我们不利。
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- 4. That shows a fairly careless attitude to clothes, doesn't it?
- 那表明此人不讲究穿着，是吧？
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- 5. She has to work within the limits of a fairly tight budget.
- 她不得不在相当紧张的预算范围内精打细算。
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