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1 | C something that you do for someone in order to help them 恩惠;善行 |
| do sb a favour Could you do me a favour? 你可以帮我个忙吗? |
| ask a favour of sb Can I ask a favour of you? 请你帮个忙行吗? |
| owe sb a favour I’ ll ask Steve. He owes me a favour. 我将问问史蒂夫,他还欠我一个人情。 |
| return a favour Thanks very much for your help. I’ ll return the favour some time. 非常感谢你的帮助。以后我会报答你的恩惠。 |
| do sth as a favour He wouldn’ t take any money; he insisted he was doing it as a favour. 他不愿意收钱,坚持说那是帮忙做的。 |
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2 | U support or admiration from people 支持;赞赏;喜爱;宠爱 |
| find/gain/win favour (with sb) This approach has won more favour in the US than in Britain. 这种方法在美国比在英国赢得了更多的支持。 |
| lose favour (with sb) Nuclear power stations have lost favour in recent years. 近年来核电站已经不太受欢迎了。 |
| curry favour (=try to get someone to support or admire you) an ambitious young man willing to curry favour with his superiors 拍马屁 |
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3 | U behaviour that helps someone and gives them an advantage in an unfair way 偏爱;偏袒 |
| show favour to sb He was careful to show no favour to anyone. 他小心谨慎地不偏袒任何人。 |
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4 | favours plural old-fashioned sexual acts that one person agrees to do with another (同意与别人发生的)性行为 |
| He was found guilty of selling secrets in return for sexual favours. 他因出卖机密来进行性交易而被裁定有罪。 |
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- | do me/us a favour BRITISH spoken |
| used for showing that you think that someone has said or done something silly or annoying |
| 别以为我/我们好骗;我/我们才不相信 |
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| £500? Do me a favour! It’ s worth twice that! 500英镑?我才不信呢!值那个数的两倍呢! |
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- | in favour |
| liked, popular , or fashionable at a particular time |
| 受宠;受欢迎;流行 |
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| styles in favour at the moment 目前流行的式样 |
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- | in sb’ s favour |
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1 | helping you or giving you an advantage 对某人有帮助;对某人有利 |
| be/work/count/go etc in sb’ s favour The delay might actually work in our favour. 延迟事实上也许对我们有利。 |
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2 | showing who an amount of money written on a cheque should be paid to (支票)以…为受款人,开给某人的 |
| He had tricked her into writing a cheque in his favour. 他骗她开具了一张以他为受款人的支票。 |
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- | in favour of |
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1 | supporting a person or an idea , proposal etc that you believe is right 支持;赞同 |
| Those in favour of the motion, please raise your hands now. 赞成这项动议者,现在请举手。 |
| Councillor Stone then outlined the arguments in favour of the proposed changes. 斯通议员接着概述了支持所建议的改动的论据。 |
| be all in favour of sb/sth I am all in favour of trying to find ways to save money. 我完全支持尽量想出省钱的办法。 |
| vote in favour of sth The council voted 11–3 in favour of providing the extra money. 议会以11票对3票通过支持提供额外资金。 |
| find/decide/rule in favour of sb The court ruled in Mrs Adams’ favour. 法庭作出了有利于亚当斯夫人的裁决。 |
| come down in favour of sb/sth (=decide to support them) They have come down very strongly in favour of the proposed merger. 决定支持某人/某事 |
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2 | preferring to choose someone or something that you believe is better 优先选择 |
| Manchester was rejected in favour of Liverpool as the new site. 曼彻斯特不敌利物浦,没有被选作新的地点。 |
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- | not do yourself any favours |
| to not behave in a way that will help you or get you an advantage |
| 对自己不利;对自己没好处 |
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| You’ re not doing yourself any favours by going to work in that state. 在那种状态下去上班对自己没有什么好处。 |
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- | out of favour |
| no longer liked, popular , or fashionable |
| 失宠;不再受欢迎;不再流行 |
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| Stephenson is currently out of favour with the England team selectors. 史蒂芬森目前不再受为英国队挑选队员的那些人的青睐了。 |
| fall out of favour (with sb) These stocks have steadily fallen out of favour with investors. 这些股票逐渐地不再受投资者的青睐了。 |
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