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单词 fair play
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fair playn.int.

Brit. /ˌfɛː ˈpleɪ/, U.S. /ˌfɛ(ə)r ˈpleɪ/
Forms: see fair adj. and n.1 and play n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fair adj., play n.
Etymology: < fair adj. + play n.
A. n.
Respect for the fair or equal treatment of all concerned, or for the rules of a game or sport; just or honest conduct.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [noun] > chance or opportunity
chance1297
occasiona1382
opportunitya1387
fair play?a1500
main chance1577
venturea1625
opening1752
ettle1768
slant1837
sporting chance1897
open go1918
a fair crack of the whip1929
society > morality > rightness or justice > [noun] > fairness or equity > action
fair play?a1500
square play or dealing1592
the square thing1592
fair dealing1609
to do justice to (a person or thing)1610
fair deal1837
fairation1847
fair do's1859
square deal1876
fair dinkum1881
cricket1900
society > leisure > sport > types of play, actions, or postures > [noun] > fair play
fair play?a1500
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Wolf & Wether l. 2564 in Poems (1981) 95 Quhether call ȝe this fair play or nocht.
?1528 J. Skelton Dyuers Balettys & Dyties x Play fayre play madame & loke ye play clene.
1567 T. Stapleton Counterblast iv. viii. f. 461 M. Horne vseth no faire play with his aduersary.
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. i. 67 Shall we vpon the footing of our land, Send fayre-play-orders, and make comprimise. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. ii. 118 According to the faire-play of the world, Let me haue audience. View more context for this quotation
1630 in tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdoms World (rev. ed.) To Rdr. sig. A2v Some..name him when they quote him; and thats faire play.
1744 G. Berkeley Let. Tar-water §21 Give this medicine fair play.
1770 C. Jenner Placid Man II. vi. iv. 197 She endeavoured..to give both sides fair play.
1817 Sporting Mag. Feb. 199/2 A proceeding..totally at variance with every idea of justice and fair play.
1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel I. i. xii. 71 In strict truth, it was hardly fair play—it was almost swindling.
1911 Times 5 July 28/2 Tact, good temper, honesty of purpose, and that sportsmanlike sense of fair play which formed the best foundation for dealing with men of all classes.
1982 A. Price Old ‘Vengeful’ 247 Love and war were about winning, not fair play.
2001 Denver Post 18 Feb. i1/3 If you are an enormous company and selling something at a loss because you have the strength to do so, that is not fair play.
B. int.
British and Irish English colloquial. Expressing due appreciation or respect (to a person) for an achievement, course of action, etc.
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1924 R. A. Hughes Comedy Good & Evil i. in Sisters' Trag. 60 You preach better than any bard, you do, sir—fair play to you!
1965 G. Jones Island of Apples i. ii. 24 I liked the Nant all right, although the water in it was black as ink with coal-dust; but my father and mother used to worry about it..mostly, I think, in case I fell in. Fair play, there was nothing to stop me.
1988 R. Doyle Commitments (1991) 60 Tha' was smashin', girls,... Fair play to yis.
1996 D. Brimson & E. Brimson Everywhere we Go iii. 46 But fair play, they were soon shut up by their own lads, and everything got back to how it was.
2002 Observer 3 Nov. (Sport Monthly Suppl.) 44/1 He's proud of what I've done and he's doing his own thing, and you've got to say fair play to him.

Phrases

to see fair play: to ensure that a fight, game, etc., is conducted fairly, or that a matter is dealt with fairly.
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1596 T. Lodge Wits Miserie 63 Let any men fall togither by the eares; to the field (cries hee) Ile see faire play.
1639 F. Robartes Gods Holy House vii. 38 That my brethren may see faire play, I doe request them to goe along with me.
1768 Siege Castle of Æsculapius i. 7 Æsculapius with impartial hand Suspends the golden scales, and will himself See fair play.
1822 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 13 July 3/3 A regular ring was formed: Bartlett entered first,..Peacock soon followed..attended by a couple of knowing-coves to see fair play.
1883 Harper's Mag. Oct. 795/2 That quick sense of justice and manly determination ‘to see fair play’ which is so admirable a characteristic of the English-speaking race.
1956 Irish Times 5 Oct. 7/5 The referee was there only to see fair play between the players.
2013 Brentwood (Essex) Gaz. (Nexis) 7 Aug. 18 The public wants to see fair play in the planning system.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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