Unit 170. That's not fair.
第170单元 那不公平。
A: When we get paid for this assignment, you get US $2,OOO, and I get US$3,000.
甲:这份工作发酬劳时,你拿2000美元,我得3000美元。
B: Hey, that's not fair. I did as much work as you.
乙:嘿,那不公平,我做的工作跟你一样多。
A: Okay, okay, we'll split it 50/50 (念成fifty fifty).
甲:好吧,好吧,我们一人一半吧。
类似用语
That's unfair.那不公平。
That's not right.那不对的。
百宝箱
本句中fair是形容词,除表示“公平的”之外,尚可表示“美好的”。fair-weather是形容词,原指“好天气的”,“a fair-weather friend"则表示“好天气时才会来的朋友”,比喻为“不可共患难的酒肉朋友”。
Stay away from those guys;they're nothing but fair-weather friends.
(远离那些家伙,他们只是酒肉朋友罢了。)