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[英] [ˈfeivə] [美] [ˈfevɚ] 生词本

n.

vt.

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in AM, use 美国英语用 favor
1. N-UNCOUNT 赞同;支持;喜爱 If you regard something or someone with favour, you like or support them. 

  • It remains to be seen if the show will still find favour with a 1990s audience...

    这个节目是否能继续赢得 90 后观众的喜爱，还要拭目以待。

  • No one would look with favour on the continuing military rule...

    没有人会赞成继续军政府统治。

  • He has won favour with a wide range of interest groups.

    他已经获得众多利益集团的支持。

2. N-COUNT 恩惠;帮忙 If you do someone a favour, you do something for them even though you do not have to. 

  • I've come to ask you to do me a favour...

    我来这儿是想请你帮个忙。

  • These are gestures of genuine friendship with no favours expected in return.

    这是友谊的真正表现，不期待任何回报。

3. N-PLURAL 与人发生性关系 If you say that one person gives or sells their favours to another, you mean that they have sex. 

  • In her extreme youth, Maria had sold her sexual favours for money.

    玛丽亚在非常年轻的时候，曾靠卖淫来赚钱。

4. VERB 更喜爱;宁愿;倾向于 If you favour something, you prefer it to the other choices available. 

  • The French say they favour a transition to democracy...

    法国人说他们倾向于向民主过渡。

  • He favours bringing the UN into touch with 'modern realities'.

    他倾向于让联合国接触“当代现实”。

favoured

  • The favoured candidate will probably emerge after private discussions.

    中意的候选人很可能将在私下讨论后产生。

5. VERB 偏爱;偏袒;宠爱 If you favour someone, you treat them better or in a kinder way than you treat other people. 

  • The Government came under fire yesterday for favouring elitist arts groups in the South-east...

    昨天，政府因为偏袒东南部的一些精英艺术群体而遭到抨击。

  • Another possibility is that parents favour chicks that are strong.

    另一种可能性是亲鸟会偏爱强壮的雏鸟。

favoured

  • Her younger brother was the favoured child, encouraged and admired by both parents.

    她弟弟是个宠儿，受到父母双亲的支持和喜爱。

6. PHRASE 支持;赞成 If you are in favour of something, you support it and think that it is a good thing. 

  • I wouldn't be in favour of income tax cuts...

    我不会支持削减所得税。

  • Yet this is a Government which proclaims that it is all in favour of openness...

    但这却是个宣称全力支持开放的政府。

  • The vote passed with 111 in favour and 25 against.

    111 票赞成，25 票反对,表决通过。

7. PHRASE 认为…正确;认为…有理 If someone makes a judgment in your favour, they say that you are right about something. 

  • If the commission rules in Mr Welch's favour the case will go to the European Court of Human Rights.

    如果委员会裁定韦尔奇有理，这个案件将送交欧洲人权法庭。

8. PHRASE 对…有利 If something is in your favour, it helps you or gives you an advantage. 

  • The protection that farmers have enjoyed amounts to a bias in favour of the countryside...

    农民所受的保护几乎变成了对乡村的偏袒。

  • Firms are trying to shift the balance of power in the labour market back in their favour.

    各公司正在试图让劳动力市场的均势向有利于自己的方向倾斜。

9. PHRASE (舍弃某物)宁愿选择;选…(而不选…) If one thing is rejected in favour of another, the second thing is done or chosen instead of the first. 

  • The policy was rejected in favour of a more cautious approach.

    这项政策未被采纳，取而代之的是一项较为谨慎的策略。

10. PHRASE 受宠／失宠;得势／失势 If someone or something is in favour, people like or support them. If they are out of favour, people no longer like or support them. 
Noun

1. a feeling of favorable regard

2. an inclination to approve;

  • "that style is in favor this season"

3. an advantage to the benefit of someone or something;

  • "the outcome was in his favor"

4. souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party

5. an act of gracious kindness

Verb

1. treat gently or carefully

2. bestow a privilege upon

3. promote over another;

  • "he favors his second daughter"

4. consider as the favorite;

  • "The local team was favored"

法律

  • 1.赠与
1. A mother shouldn't show too much favour to one of her children.
母亲不应该对一个孩子表现出过多的宠爱。

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. All the evidence makes in your favour.
所有证据都对你有利。

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. At the moment, you are in favour, but, believe me, when you are no longer in vogue, I will be.
别看你一时走红， 等你过了劲，就该轮到我了。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4. Circumstances are weighted in his favour.
情况对他尤其有利。

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. Do me a favour, while you're about it, buy me a copy too.
请帮个忙，就便也替我买一本。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6. He is out of favour with the boss.
他已不得老板的垂青。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

7. He soon won the favour of his boss.
他很快赢得了老板的好感。

来自《简明英汉词典》

8. He urgently begged a favour of me.
他急切地恳求我帮他一个忙。

来自《简明英汉词典》

9. He was even more cautious than ever, and did his utmost to win the trust and favour of the superior.
他更加谨小慎微， 兢兢业业，以尽力取信讨好其上司。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

10. He wrote a splendid polemic in my favour.
他写了一篇出色的文章为我辩护。

来自《简明英汉词典》

11. He'd let me down more than once so the next time he asked me for a favour I gave him the brush off.
他已不止一次为难我，因此下次他求我帮助时，我也让他碰碰钉子。

来自《简明英汉词典》

12. His arguments in favour of a new school are very persuasive.
他赞成办一座新学校的理由很有说服力。

来自《简明英汉词典》

13. His honesty and sincerity prejudiced us in his favour.
他的真诚使我们对他产生好感。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

14. Hot climate and plentiful rainfall favour the growth of plants.
炎热的气候和充足的雨水有助于植物生长。

来自《简明英汉词典》

15. I asked a favour of him, but he refused point-blank.
我求过他一次，但他断然拒绝了。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

16. I don't mind doing you a favour that costs me nothing.
顺水人情不妨做做。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

17. I must ask you a favour.
我求你一件事。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

18. I must decline to show favour to any of the candidates.
我必须拒绝偏袒任何一位候选人。

来自《简明英汉词典》

19. I shall count it as a personal favour.
感同身受。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

20. I'll be glad to do you a favour.
我愿意为你效劳。

来自《简明英汉词典》