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. 赞同;支持;喜爱
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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。
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No one would look with favour on the continuing military rule.
没有人会赞成继续军政府统治。
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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. 恩惠;帮忙
SYN good turn, service, benefit, courtesy
3 N-PLURAL [usually poss NOUN] 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. 与人发生性关系 [formal]
4 VERB 更喜爱;宁愿;倾向于 If you favour something, you prefer it to the other choices available. 更喜爱;宁愿;倾向于
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. 偏爱;偏袒;宠爱
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The Government came under fire yesterday for favouring elitist arts groups in the South-east. [VERB noun]
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。
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Another possibility is that parents favour chicks that are strong. [VERB noun]
另一种可能性是亲鸟会偏爱强壮的雏鸟。
6 PHRASE 支持;赞成 If you are in favour of something, you support it and think that it is a good thing. 支持;赞成
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I wouldn't be in favour of income tax cuts.
我不会支持削减所得税。
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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。
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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. 认为…正确;认为…有理
8 PHRASE 对…有利 If something is in your favour, it helps you or gives you an advantage. 对…有利
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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。
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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. (舍弃某物)宁愿选择;选…(而不选…)
SYN for, backing, supporting, behind
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. 受宠/失宠;得势/失势
Quotations
One good turn deserves another John Fletcher & Philip Massinger The Little French Lawyer
Word Partnership | Use favour with: |
PREP. | with favour 1 in someone's favour 7 8 out of favour 10 |
VERB. | ask for a favour, do someone a favour, need a favour, return a favour 2 |
ADJ. | big favour 2 |
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