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favour

英 ['feɪvə] 美[ˈfevɚ]

英英释义同义词辨析词组搭配考试真题实用场景例句

近义词acceptance blessing kindness back

反义词

n. 偏爱；赞同；善行
vt. 赞成；喜爱；有助于

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词态变化

复数: favours;第三人称单数: favours;过去式: favoured;过去分词: favoured;现在分词: favouring;

英英释意

1. a feeling of favorable regard

2. an inclination to approve;: "that style is in favor this season"

3. an advantage to the benefit of someone or something;: "the outcome was in his favor"

4. souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party

5. an act of gracious kindness

英文词源

favour: favour: [14] Latin favēre meant ‘regard favourably, side with protect’. It came ultimately from Indo-European *dhegh-, *dhogh- ‘burn’, which also produced Latin fovēre ‘heat, cherish’ (source of English foment [15]) and English day. From it was derived the Latin noun favor, which passed into English via Old French favour. Favourite [16] came via early modern French favorit from Italian favorito, the past participle of the verb favorire ‘favour’.
=> day, foment
favour: chiefly British English spelling of favor (q.v.); for spelling, see -or. Related: Favourite; favouritism.

同义词辨析

advantage, benefit, interest, favour, profit, gain

这些名词均有"利益，好处"之意。

advantage：指因某方面占优势或利用某机会以及对方弱点而获得利益与好处。

benefit：普通用词，指通过正当手段从物质或精神方面得到的任何好处或利益。

interest：作"利益"解时，多用复数形式，既可指集团、群体的利益，又可指个人的利益。

favour：指在竞争中获得的advantage,也可指在狭隘的个人利益。

profit：着重收益，尤指从物质、钱财等方面获得的利益。

gain：指获得的物质利益，也暗示不损坏他人利益而得的无形好处。

考试真题

We tend to look on nature conservation as some kind of favour that human beings are granting to the natural world.

Even so, the odds favour marriage

I was so grateful, " Aarons says, " but I persuaded Pat to let me return the favour in my own way with season tickets to our little theater group.

If city leaders were more accountable to their residents, they might favour projects designed to help them more.

MPs voted overwhelmingly in favour of Labour amendments to the children and families bill last February that included the 118 power to regulate for plain packaging.

MPs voted overwhelmingly in favour of Labour amendments to the children and families bill last February that included the power to regulate for plain packaging.

Under lobby pressure，George Osborne favours rural new-build against urban renovation and renewal.

He favours out-of-town shopping sites against high streets.

It insists that economic co-ordination should involve all 27 members of the EU club, among whom there is a small majority for free-market liberalism and economic rigour; in the inner core alone, Germany fears, a small majority favour French interference.

This could lead to the rats better remembering having freed it earlier, and wanting the robot to return the favour when they get trapped, says Quinn.

词组搭配

do someone a favour

do something for someone as an act of kindness

帮（某人）忙，帮助（某人）

do someone no favours

(informal)do something that is unhelpful to someone

(非正式)做对某人无用的事；无济于事

you won't do yourself any favours by getting worked up.
生气对你无济于事。

in favour

meeting with approval

受欢迎的，被认可的

they were not in favour with the party.
他们不受那些人的欢迎。

having or showing approval

赞同的，支持的

a 2-1 vote in favour of industrial action.
2比1赞成罢工的表决结果。

in one's favour

to one's advantage

对（某人）有利

events were moving in his favour.
事情正按对他有利的方向发展。

in favour of

to be replaced by

由…接替

he stepped down as leader in favour of his rival.
他下台不再担任领导职务，由他的对手接任。

to the advantage of

有利于，有助于

the judge decided in favour of the defendant.
法官判决被告胜诉。

out of favour

lacking or having lost approval or popularity

失宠；过时；不受欢迎

proper dancing has gone out of favour.
正统舞已经过时了。

实用场景例句

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 .: 我要请史蒂夫接受。他欠我一个情。

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。

(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。

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

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。

demands for sexual favours: 对性交的要求

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？

The policy was rejected in favour of a more cautious approach.: 这项政策未被采纳，取而代之的是一项较为谨慎的策略。

Another possibility is that parents favour chicks that are strong.: 另一种可能性是亲鸟会偏爱强壮的雏鸟。

I wouldn't be in favour of income tax cuts...: 我不会支持削减所得税。

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。

If the commission rules in Mr Welch's favour the case will go to the European Court of Human Rights.: 如果委员会裁定韦尔奇有理，这个案件将送交欧洲人权法庭。

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。

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。

No one would look with favour on the continuing military rule...: 没有人会赞成继续军政府统治。

I've come to ask you to do me a favour...: 我来这儿是想请你帮个忙。

These are gestures of genuine friendship with no favours expected in return.: 这是友谊的真正表现，不期待任何回报。

In her extreme youth, Maria had sold her sexual favours for money.: 玛丽亚在非常年轻的时候，曾靠卖淫来赚钱。

The French say they favour a transition to democracy...: 法国人说他们倾向于向民主过渡。

He favours bringing the UN into touch with 'modern realities'.: 他倾向于让联合国接触“当代现实”。

The Government came under fire yesterday for favouring elitist arts groups in the South-east...: 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。

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。