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🔑 fa·vour (especially US favor ) BrE /ˈfeɪvə(r) / NAmE /ˈfeɪvər / noun ➤ help 帮助 🔑 [ C ] a thing that you do to help sb 帮助;好事;恩惠◆ Could you do me a favour and pick up Sam from school today ? 今天你能帮我个忙去学校接萨姆吗?◆ Can I ask a favour ? 请帮个忙行吗?◆ I would never ask for any favours from her . 我再也不会请她帮任何忙了。◆ I'm going as a favour to Ann , not because I want to . 我去是给安一个面子,而不是我想去。◆ I'll ask Steve to take it . He owes me a favour . 我要让史蒂夫接受,他欠我一个人情。◆ Thanks for helping me out . I'll return the favour (= help you because you have helped me ) some time . 多谢你帮了我个大忙。总有一天我会报答你的。◆ Do yourself a favour (= help yourself ) and wear a helmet on the bike . 要照顾自己,骑车戴上头盔。Asking for permission/a favour 请求允许或帮助 You are more likely to get what you want if you can ask for it politely. Here are some ways of asking whether you may do something. 礼貌的请求更可能达成愿望,以下是询问是否可以做某事的一些表达方式 :
◆ Would you mind if I opened the window? 你会介意我开窗吗? ◆ Could I possibly borrow your phone? 我借你的电话用一下好吗? ◆ I hate to ask, but could I please borrow your phone? (NAmE ) 冒昧打扰了,我能借你的电话用一下吗? ◆ Do you happen to have a pair of gloves I could borrow for the evening? 你有没有适合出席晚会的手套可以借给我? ◆ Would it be all right if I left five minutes early? 我提前五分钟离开可以吗? ◆ Is there any chance that we could stay at your house the night before our flight? 我们有没有可能在航班出发的前一天晚上住在你家? ◆ Would it be OK to leave my bag here? 我把包留在这儿行吗? Responses 回应 :
◆ Yes, of course. 好的,当然可以。 ◆ Go ahead. 可以。 ◆ That's fine. 没问题。 ◆ I'd rather you didn't, if you don't mind. 如果你不介意的话,最好别这么做。 ◆ I'd prefer it if you asked somebody else. 也许你问问别人更好。 ◆ If there's someone else you can ask, I'd be grateful. 请您再问问其他人。 ➤ approval 赞同 🔑 [ U ] approval or support for sb /sth 赞同;支持◆ The suggestion to close the road has found favour with (= been supported by ) local people . 关闭这条路的建议已得到当地人的支持。◆ The programme has lost favour with viewers recently . 近来这个节目已不受观众欢迎。◆ an athlete who fell from favour after a drugs scandal 在毒品丑闻以后不再受人喜爱的运动员◆ (formal ) The government looks with favour upon (= approves of ) the report's recommendations . 政府赞同报告所提出的建议。◆ She's not in favour with (= supported or liked by ) the media just now . 目前她没有媒体的捧场。◆ It seems Tim is back in favour with the boss (= the boss likes him again ) . 看来蒂姆又赢得了老板的好感。➤ better treatment 优惠 [ U ] treatment that is generous to one person or group in a way that seems unfair to others 特别照顾;偏袒;偏爱 SYN bias ◆ As an examiner , she showed no favour to any candidate . 作为主考人她没有偏袒任何应试者。➤ party gift 聚会小礼物 favors [ pl. ] (NAmE ) = party favors ➤ sex 性 favours [ pl. ] (old-fashioned ) agreement to have sex with sb 同意性交◆ demands for sexual favours 对性交的要求● do sb no ˈfavours to do sth that is not helpful to sb or that gives a bad impression of them 无助于某人;给某人留下坏印象◆ You're not doing yourself any favours , working for nothing . 你干活不取报酬,对自己没有任何好处。◆ The orchestra did Beethoven no favours . 这个交响乐团没有把贝多芬的乐曲演奏好。● do me a ˈfavour !(informal ) used in reply to a question that you think is silly (回答认为是愚蠢的问题)得了吧◆ 'Do you think they'll win ?' 'Do me a favour ! They haven't got a single decent player .' “你认为他们会赢吗?” “得了吧!他们连一个像样的运动员都没有。”● in favour (of sb /sth )🔑 if you are in favour of sb /sth , you support and agree with them /it 赞同;支持◆ He argued in favour of a strike . 他据理力争主张罢工。◆ There were 247 votes in favour (of the motion ) and 152 against . 有 247 票赞成(动议),152 票反对。◆ I'm all in favour of (= completely support ) equal pay for equal work . 我完全支持同工同酬。◆ Most of the 'don't knows' in the opinion polls came down in favour of (= eventually chose to support ) the Democrats . 在民意测验中多数未作决定的选民最终决定支持民主党人。in exchange for another thing (because the other thing is better or you want it more ) 为获得(更好或更需要的事物)◆ He abandoned teaching in favour of a career as a musician . 他弃教从事音乐。● in sb's favour if sth is in sb's favour , it gives them an advantage or helps them 有利于某人;有助于某人◆ The exchange rate is in our favour at the moment . 目前汇率对我们有利。◆ She was willing to bend the rules in Mary's favour . 她愿意放宽规定以有利于玛丽。a decision or judgement that is in sb's favour benefits that person or says that they were right (决定)对某人有利;(判决)判某人正确● curry ˈfavour (with sb )(disapproving ) to try to get sb to like or support you by praising or helping them a lot 讨好;奉承;拍马屁● without fear or ˈfavour (formal ) in a fair way 公正地;不偏不倚● the cards /odds are stacked in your ˈfavour you are likely to succeed because the conditions are good and you have an advantage 形势对你有利 🔑 fa·vour (especially US favor ) BrE /ˈfeɪvə(r) / NAmE /ˈfeɪvər / verb present simple - I / you / we / they favour BrE /ˈfeɪvə(r) / NAmE /ˈfeɪvər / present simple - he / she / it favours BrE /ˈfeɪvəz / NAmE /ˈfeɪvərz / past simple favoured BrE /ˈfeɪvəd / NAmE /ˈfeɪvərd / past participle favoured BrE /ˈfeɪvəd / NAmE /ˈfeɪvərd / -ing form favouring BrE /ˈfeɪvərɪŋ / NAmE /ˈfeɪvərɪŋ / ➤ prefer 较喜欢 ~ sth | ~ (sb ) doing sth to prefer one system , plan , way of doing sth , etc . to another 较喜欢;选择◆ Many countries favour a presidential system of government . 很多国家选择总统制政府。➤ treat better 优惠 ~ sb to treat sb better than you treat other people , especially in an unfair way 优惠;特别照顾;偏袒◆ The treaty seems to favour the US . 这项条约似乎偏向美国。➤ help 帮助 ~ sth to provide suitable conditions for a particular person , group , etc . 有助于;有利于◆ The warm climate favours many types of tropical plants . 温暖的气候对多种热带植物生长有利。➤ look like parent 外貌像父母 ~ sb (old-fashioned or NAmE ) to look like one of your parents or older relations 外貌像,长得像(父母或长辈)◆ She definitely favours her father . 她酷似她父亲。