In fairness to George, 'pains is taken' is the way they spoke back then.

为了公平对待华盛顿，" pains is taken" 是当时的语法习惯。如果在今天，华盛顿可能会说" take pains" 。或者干脆说T-Pain（注：用因故无法出席的原演讲嘉宾名字开玩笑）。

And in fairness to you guys, it's not a part he's played before.

公平地说，这不是他以前扮演的角色。

In fairness to Aberforth, it must be admitted that living in Albus's shadow cannot have been an altogether comfortable experience.

公平的说，对于阿不福思，生活在阿不思的光芒下绝不是一段很舒服的经历。

I mean, he's only been a leader for a couple of years, in fairness to him.

我的意思是， 公平地说，他只担任了几年的领导者。

Now, in fairness to the plants, experts know that there were other things going on that likely contributed to the extinction event.

现在，为了公平对待植物，专家们知道还有其他事情可能导致了灭绝事件。