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fa·vor AHD[fāʹvər] D.J.[ˈfeɪvə]K.K.[ˈfevɚ]n.(名词)- A gracious, friendly, or obliging act that is freely granted:亲切:自然流露出的仁慈的、友爱的、恩惠的行为:do someone a favor.帮助人
- Friendly or favorable regard; approval or support:好感,喜爱:友好的或喜爱的看法;赞扬或支持:won the favor of the monarch; looked with favor on the plan.赢得君王的好感;赞同这个计划
- A state of being held in such regard:喜爱:被喜欢的状态:a style currently in favor.现今流行的款式
- Unfair partiality; favoritism.偏爱:不公正地喜欢;偏袒
- A privilege or concession.特权,特许
- favors Sexual privileges, especially as granted by a woman. favors 以身相许:性权利,尤指女人给男人的
- Something given as a token of love, affection, or remembrance.信物,纪念品:作为爱、喜爱或纪念的一种标志
- A small decorative gift given to each guest at a party.礼物:晚会上送给客人的装饰小礼品
- Advantage; benefit:好处;有利:sailed under favor of cloudless skies.在天空无云的帮助下飞行
- Behalf; interest:利益;益处:an error in our favor.对我方有益的错误
- Obsolete A communication, especially a letter.【废语】 通讯,尤指信函
- Archaic 【古语】
- Aspect or appearance.模样,面貌
- Countenance; face.容貌;脸部
- Obsolete A facial feature.【废语】 面貌特征
v.(动词)fa.vored, fa.vor.ing, fa.vors v.tr.(及物动词)- To perform a kindness or service for; oblige.See Synonyms at oblige 给予:对…仁慈,为…服务;帮忙 参见 oblige
- To treat or regard with friendship, approval, or support.关照,赞成:友好、赞同、支持地对待
- To be partial to; indulge a liking for:偏爱:偏袒;放纵对…的喜爱:favors bright colors.偏爱亮色
- To be or tend to be in support of.赞成:支持,趋向于支持
- To make easier or more possible; facilitate:协助,便于:使更容易或更有可能;协助:Darkness favored their escape.黑暗掩护他们逃跑
- To treat with care; be gentle with:关怀:关心地对待;对…温柔:favored my wounded leg.关注我受伤的腿
- Chiefly Southern U.S. To resemble in appearance:【多用于美国南部】 面貌相似:She favors her father.她酷似乃父
v.intr.Chiefly Southern U.S.(不及物动词)【多用于美国南部】- To resemble another in appearance:相象:与另一个在面貌上相仿:She and her father favor.她和她父亲容貌相象
in favor of - In support of; approving:支持;赞同:We are in favor of her promotion to president.我们赞成她升为总裁
- To the advantage of:有利于:The court decided in favor of the plaintiff.法庭的判决有利于原告
- Inscribed or made out to the benefit of:以…为受款人:以…为受款人而写上或题上:a check in favor of a charity.以一个慈善机构为受款人的票据
- Middle English 中古英语
- from Old French 源自 古法语
- from Latin 源自 拉丁语
- from favēre [to be favorable] 源自 favēre [成为有利的]
faʹvorer n.(名词)faʹvoringly adv.(副词)注释- When a Southernerfavors a relative, he or she is not giving that person special privileges;rather, the Southerner looks like that relative.Favor can be either transitive— She favors her father — or intransitive with a compound subject: She and her father favor. This sense offavor goes back to early modern English: "This young lord Chamont/Favors my mother" (Ben Jonson).The verb derives from the nounfavor, which was used from the 15th to the 19th century to mean "appearance, aspect; the countenance, face": "What makes thy favor like the bloodless head/Fall'n on the block?” (Tennyson).This sense of the noun is now archaic,but the verb thrives in the English of the Southern United States.当一个南方人favors 一个亲属, 他(或她)不是给这个人特权;而是这个南方人长得像那个亲属。Favor 可以是及物的—— 她像她父亲—— 或不及物的,与复合主语连用: 她和她父亲相象。 Favor 的这种含义可以上溯到早期的现代英语: “这个年轻的贵族像我妈妈” (本·杰森)。这动词来源于名词favor, 在15世纪到19世纪被作为“外貌,样子;面貌,脸部”的意思用: “什么使你的脸毫无血色,脑袋耷拉下来?” (坦尼森)。名词的这一用法现在已经陈旧了,但动词仍在美国南部英语中流行
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