favour
美 ['feɪvər]
英 ['feɪvə(r)]
- n.支持；恩惠；偏爱；赞同
- v.有利于；偏袒；较喜欢；选择
- 网络好感；赞成；亲切
第三人称单数：favours 现在分词：favouring 过去式：favoured
v.+n.
do favour,win favour,curry favour,find favour,ask favour
adj.+n.
special favour,great favour,big favour
favour
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帮助help
1. | [c] 帮助；好事；恩惠a thing that you do to help sb |
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 . 我要请史蒂夫接受，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。 |
赞同approval
2. | [u] 赞同；支持approval or support for sb/sth |
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 | |
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。 |
优惠better treatment
3. | [u] 特别照顾；偏袒；偏爱treatment that is generous to one person or group in a way that seems unfair to others |
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。 |
性sex
4. | [pl] 同意性交agreement to have sex with sb |
demands for sexual favours 对性交的要求 |
IDM
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 sb no favours
无助于某人；给某人留下坏印象to do sth that is not helpful to sb or that gives a bad impression of them
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 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。” |
do me a favour!
(informal)
（回答认为是愚蠢的问题）得了吧used in reply to a question that you think is silly
‘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。” |
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。 |
He abandoned teaching in favour of a career as a musician. 他弃教从事音乐。 |
in favour (of sb/sth)
赞同；支持if you arein favour of sb/sth, you support and agree with them/it
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。 |
为获得（更好或更需要的事物）in exchange for another thing (because the other thing is better or you want it more)
He abandoned teaching in favour of a career as a musician. 他弃教从事音乐。 |
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。 |
in sbs favour
有利于某人；有助于某人if sth isin sb's favour , it gives them an advantage or helps them
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。 |
（决定）对某人有利；（判决）判某人正确a decision or judgement that isin sb's favour benefits that person or says that they were right
较喜欢prefer
1. | ~ sth.~ (sb) doing sth 较喜欢；选择to prefer one system, plan, way of doing sth, etc. to another |
Many countries favour a presidential system of government. 很多国家选择总统制政府。 |
优惠treat better
2. | ~ sb 优惠；特别照顾；偏袒to treat sb better than you treat other people, especially in an unfair way |
The treaty seems to favour the US. 这项条约似乎偏向美国。 |
帮助help
3. | ~ sth 有助于；有利于to provide suitable conditions for a particular person, group, etc. |
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。 |
外貌像父母look like parent
4. | ~ sb 外貌像，长得像（父母或长辈）to look like one of your parents or older relations |
She definitely favours her father. 她酷似她父亲。 |