the quality of treating people equally or in a way that is reasonable 公正性;公平合理性 The fairness of the judicial system is being questioned. 司法系统的公正性受到质疑。 She has a strong sense of justice and fairness. 她有很强的正义感和公平感。
Extra ExamplesDr Jones was treated with scrupulous fairness by his employers. 雇主们对琼斯博士极其公正。 Fairness demanded an equal division of the winnings. 要做到公正,就要平均分配赢得的钱。 Many people questioned the fairness of the election. 许多人对这次选举的公正性提出了质疑。 The new system of waiting lists should guarantee fairness to all patients. 新的候诊名单系统能保证对所有患者都公平。 They were all treated with strict fairness. 他们都受到了绝对公正的对待。 This is a matter of basic fairness. 这是一件关乎基本公正的事情。 a way of achieving fairness to the accused 为被告求得公正的方法 issues of economic fairness and personal equality 经济公平与个人平等的问题 the need for fairness in applying these rules 执行这些规则时所需要的公平 Most democratic countries have established principles of social fairness. 大多数民主国家都确立了社会公平的原则。 Smaller countries are calling for more fairness in foreign trade. 较小的国家呼吁对外贸易更加公平。 The system needs to be changed in the interests of fairness to genuine refugees. 为了使真正的难民能得到公正待遇,这项制度需要进行改革。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- basic
- elementary
- simple
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- achieve
- ensure
- guarantee
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- demand something
- require something
- in (all) fairness
- with fairness
- fairness in
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- a sense of fairness
a pale colour of skin or hair Topics Appearancec1(皮肤)白皙;(头发)浅色
Idioms
in (all) fairness (to somebody)
used to introduce a statement that defends somebody who has just been criticized, or that explains another statement that may seem unreasonable 要公正对待,不能怪(某人)