| 单词 | to play fair |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto play fair (a) to play fair: to play according to the rules of the game, without cheating; (hence) to do something regularly, to act justly or honourably. Also to play a person fair: to treat a person fairly or honourably. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > honourableness > act honourably [verb (intransitive)] to play faira1450 to play the game1823 a1450 York Plays (1885) 268 (MED) Playes faire in feere. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 142 Heauen shield my Mother plaid my Father faire. View more context for this quotation 1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 207 I find it to be hard wrestling to play fair with Christ and to keep good quarters with Him. ?1684 A. Behn Poems Several Occasions sig. H8 The sly Gamester, who ne'er plays me fair. 1763 C. Johnstone Reverie (new ed.) I. 153 They will imagine that you do not play fair. 1775 ‘Connoisseur’ Ann. Gaming xiii. 201 All the rest depends upon chance, that is, if the game is played fair. a1865 E. C. Gaskell Wives & Daughters (1866) I. vi. 70 He'll get a..fellowship if they play him fair. 1881 Amer. Grocer 20 July Boys who did not play fair..would keep reaching over the line in order to get nearer the marbles. 1914 J. Joyce Dubliners 162 He's fond of his glass of grog and he's a bit of a rake, perhaps, and he's a good sportsman. Damn it, can't we Irish play fair? 1995 C. Bateman Divorcing Jack xxiii. 197 I've paid you twenty quid and I think you should play fair by me. < as lemmas |
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