2023
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Fair
★a fair field and no favour:公平无私;一视同仁
★A fair exchange is no robbery:公平交易并非强夺
★a fair crack of the whip:(做某事的)合理机会;机会均等
例:Julie's not asking for special treatment, just give her a fair crack of the whip at the tryouts.
★a fair shake:公平的待遇 【give sb a fair shake:一视同仁】
例:This new pay deal means a fair shake for all the workers.
★by fair means or foul:不择手段
例:They will do everything they can to win, by fair means or foul.
★fair and square:光明正大地
★fair cow:指令人不悦、惹人恼怒的物或事
例:This wind is a fair cow—let's go inside.
★fair play:公平竞争 【foul play:严重犯规】
Play
★play by ear:见机行事;随机应变
★play a hunch:凭直觉做决定
例:There's no penalty for guessing, so if you're not positive which answer is correct, just play a hunch and don't second-guess yourself too much.
★play for one's own hand:为私利而做某事
★If you play with fire, you get burned:玩火者必自焚
★give (something) full play:充分发挥某物
★be child's play:轻而易举
★make a play for sth:设法获得某物
★play the market:投机倒把
★come into play:开始发挥重要作用
Hour
★(one's) finest hour:某人鼎盛时期/春风得意之时
★a bad quarter of an hour:不愉快的短暂时刻
例:The team performed brilliantly—there wasn't a bad quarter of an hour in the entire match.
★at the eleventh hour:在最后一刻
例:I was shocked that they reached an agreement at the eleventh hour after weeks of squabbling.
★bankers' hours:指工作时间短
例:You won't be able to reach her on a Saturday—she keeps banker's hours.
★rush hour:上下班高峰期
★improve the shining hour:充分利用自己的时间;利用良机
★keep late hours:熬夜;晚睡
★(the) man/woman of the hour:当红人物
例:Janet was woman of the hour at the office after securing the biggest customer their business had ever had.
crowd
★crowd the mourners:施压;操之过急 [To pressure or try to influence someone.]
例:If you crowd the mourners, no one will help you.
★go with/follow the crowd:随大流
例:Dress in the way you like and try not to follow the crowd.
★stand out from the crowd:脱颖而出
★Two is company, three's a crowd:俩人结伴,三人不欢。
★play to the crowd:迎合大众;取悦观众
例:Rather than acting in a way that best suits the role and the play as a whole, he prefers to play to the crowd and soak up the spotlight when he can.
★pass in a crowd:过得去,马马虎虎
例:The jacket isn't anything special, but it would pass in a crowd.
★far from the madding crowd:远离尘嚣
例:Having to go to big events like this always make me long to be far from the madding crowd.
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