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单词 fair means
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fair means
fair means n. non-violent methods, a peaceable course of action; (later) esp. legitimate or honourable methods.Now chiefly in fair means or foul.
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?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman i. sig. T.ii./v Loue muste be gotten with fayre meanes, and nat compelled.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxxvj Determining either by force or fayre meanes, to bring their purpose to a conclusion.
1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. iv. iv. 105 Ferdinand..thought it his duty to draw, either by fair meanes or foul, all his Subjects to the Roman Catholick Religion.
a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 9 Try first by fair means.
1832 R. Lander & J. Lander Jrnl. Exped. Niger I. iii. 160 They..endeavoured to obtain her by fair means.
1896 Eclectic Mag. June 722/1 This feeling [sc. jealousy] gives way quickly to an honest admiration of the victor, and a confession that he has won by fair means.
1922 T. W. Hughes Cases on Criminal Law & Procedure 460 It was..lawful..to induce their customers by fair means to employ the defendants and their friends; but..to do these things by threats and intimidation was a criminal combination.
2003 Sight & Sound Dec. 54/2 How quickly political fortunes turn, by fair means or foul.
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