每日一词 fare

动词的意思是“进行、表现”,比如我们说一个人或一家公司过得怎么样,除了用 do,perform 等词,还可以用 fare。这个意思虽然简单,用法也很单一,但却是很多英语学习者很少能想得起的地道用法。fare 后面一般接 well, badly, better, poorly 这样的副词

例句

1、I wonder how Mark fared in the interview at Google yesterday.
2、How America’s third-biggest city fared under its abrasive, energetic mayor.
****补充:
作名词除了车费的意思,
1、还可指乘车的人
passenger in a taxi 出租车乘客[搭配]VERB + FARE pick up
搭载乘客:The taxi driver picked up a fare outside the opera house. 出租车司机在歌剧院外面接了一位乘客
2、食物;素材[搭配]ADJ.delicious, rich, wholesome
美味食物;油腻食物;健康食物plain, rough, simple
清淡的饮食;简单的伙食daily, standard, staple, traditional, typical

引申为日常/ 标准/ 主要/ 传统/ 典型素材:Court trials involving famous people are the daily fare of newspapers. 涉及名人的法庭审理是报纸的日常素材。The band’s music was standard rock fare. 这支乐队的音乐是标准的摇滚风格。

a restaurant serving traditional Scottish fare 一家提供苏格兰传统风味饮食的餐馆sample
品嚐饮食

翻译

I don’t know how John fares in his IELTS last weekend.

造句

How did he fare in his new company?

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