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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

n. 偏爱；赞同；善行
vt. 赞成；喜爱；有助于

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。

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。