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单词 favour
释义
favour 1 ★★★
NOUN  
/ˈfeɪvə/
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。

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

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。

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。

PHRASES
-   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

£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!

-   in favour
liked, popular , or fashionable at a particular time
  受宠;受欢迎;流行

styles in favour at the moment 目前流行的式样

-   in sb’ s favour
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。

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。

-   in favour of
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

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。

-   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

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。

-   out of favour
no longer liked, popular , or fashionable
  失宠;不再受欢迎;不再流行

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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