单词 | fair-weather |
释义 | fair-weather adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] You use fair-weather to refer to someone who offers help to someone, or who takes part in a particular activity, only when it is easy or pleasant for them to do so. [disapproval] ...a fair-weather friend. Collocations: fair-weather fans For fair-weather fans it won't be good enough and could end up being a summer of misery for the show. The Sun As for fair-weather fans, they might care to know that conditions here are quite balmy: he sings a good selection of songs from across his career. Times, Sunday Times The fair-weather fans aren't being flighty. Houston Chronicle These were ambitious plans for a club that had in the past recorded attendances as low as 3,000 from fair-weather fans. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The sun activates your truth chart so you recognise genuine chances and won't be taken in by fair-weather friends. The Sun The prime minister's fair-weather friends have indeed pushed us closer to the exit. Times, Sunday Times But currencies are fair-weather friends. Times, Sunday Times Or are they just fair-weather friends? The Sun But fair-weather friends are just as important. Times, Sunday Times |
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