favour

英 ['feɪvə(r)] 美 ['feɪvər]

• n. 恩惠；支持；喜爱；偏爱
• v. 支持；偏袒；有利于；长得像
• =favor（美）.

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]喜爱,宠爱,好感,赞同

   liking; goodwill; approval

2. [U]偏袒,偏爱

   treating one person or group more generously or leniently than others; partiality

3. [C]善行,恩惠

   act of kindness beyond what is due or usual

v. (动词)

1. vt. 喜爱,偏爱

   treat with partiality; show more favour to one person, group, etc. than to another

2. vt. 赞同

   agree with sth

3. vt. 有利于,便于

   be easy to; convenience for

4. vt. 容貌像

   resemble in features

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 支持，赞同，赞成
2. 偏袒，偏爱
3. 恩惠，亲切
4. 厚爱，喜欢
5. 帮助
6. 照顾
7. 委身
8. 利益
9. 提倡
10. 许可，宽恕
11. 礼物
12. 纪念章，徽章
13. 花结
14. 信函

v. 动词

1. 偏袒，偏爱，较喜欢
2. 赞成，赞同，喜爱
3. 赞助
4. 帮忙
5. 促进
6. 惠赐，惠赠
7. 善为照顾，特别照顾
8. 证实
9. 选择
10. 优惠
11. 有助于，有利于，便于
12. 外貌像，长得像，容貌像
13. favor的英体

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1. =favor

英英释义

Noun:

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

Verb:

1. treat gently or carefully

2. bestow a privilege upon

3. promote over another;

   "he favors his second daughter"
   

4. consider as the favorite;

   "The local team was favored"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Would you please do me a favour, Ben?
   本，你能帮助我吗?
2. May I ask a favour of you?
   请你帮帮忙好吗?
3. The prevalent opinion is in favour of reform.
   一般舆论都支持改革。
4. They are bidding for our favour.
   他们在寻求我们的支持。
5. He stood down in favour of the other candidate.
   他退出竞选，以支持另一位候选人。
6. The miniskirt rapidly made it's way into universal favour.
   迷你裙迅速风行,得到普遍的喜爱。
7. We have to apply the same rules to everyone, showing no favour.
   我们不得不对每一个人都施于同样的准则，不带任何偏爱。

用作动词 (v.)

1. Of the two possible plans I favour the first.
   在这两种可行方案中我赞成前者。
2. I shall favour neither side in this election .
   此次选举中，我将不支持任何一方。
3. She always favours her youngest child.
   她总是偏爱她最小的孩子。
4. A teacher should not favour any of his pupils .
   教师不要偏爱任何学生。
5. The wind favoured their sailing at dawn.
   这风便于他们在黎明时航行。
6. China will support capital market that favour of hi-tech development.
   中国将扶持有利于高新技术发展的资本市场.
7. Wouldn't you say he favors his mother?
   你难道不认为他长得像他母亲吗？

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. They won our favour.
   他们赢得了我们的好感。
2. The king looked on Joseph with favour.
   国王带着好感打量着约瑟夫。
3. The Queen soon lost favour.
   王后很快就失宠了。
4. These goods enjoy growing favour among the customers.
   这些货物越来越受顾客的欢迎。
5. Chinese export commodities have enjoyed growing favour among buyers abroad.
   中国出口商品越来越受到国外顾客们的欢迎。
6. The workers look on the project with favour.
   工人们赞同这项计划。
7. The idea is beginning to gain widespread favour.
   这种意见开始赢得广泛赞同。
8. May I ask a favour of you?
   请你帮个忙好吗?
9. I have enjoyed many favours at your hands.
   我已得到你许多关照。
10. I'll return the favour sometime.
    日后我会报恩的。
11. They didn't receive any special favours from the state.
    他们并没有得到国家的什么特别恩惠。
12. I regard this as very great favour.
    我认为这是个好心的举动。
13. He obtained his position by favour more than by merit and ability.
    他靠别人的偏心而非靠自己的长处和能力谋得他的职位。
14. I must decline to show favour to any of the candidates.
    我必须拒绝偏袒任何一位候选人。
15. I shall esteem it a favour if you would pay us a visit.
    如蒙光临寒舍,我将不胜荣幸。
16. The favour of an early reply will be appreciated.
    如蒙早日赐复,不胜感激。

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. A mother should not favour her children.
   母亲不应溺爱自己的孩子。
2. The jurors seemed to favour the defendant.
   陪审员们好像偏袒被告人。
3. It's natural for you to favour your own profession.
   你热爱自己的职业是很自然的。
4. Of course, we favour the farm life.
   当然喽,我们乐意过农村生活。
5. A number of wealthy and influential folk favoured dramatic performances.
   不少富有并具有影响力的人士支持这出戏的演出。
6. I shall favour neither side in the election.
   我不会支持这次竞选的任何一方。
7. They favour our programme with a large contribution.
   他们大力捐助,以支持我们的计划。
8. The government favours the plan.
   政府支持这项计划。
9. They favour a union on the basis of equality.
   他们赞成在平等的基础上联合。
10. We don't favour underestimating the importance of art and literature.
    我们不赞成低估文艺的重要作用。
11. The weather favoured the harvesting.
    天气有利于收割工作。
12. Constantly warm, moist climates generally favour the development of complex and stable ecosystems.
    持续的温暖、湿润气候通常有利于发展复杂而稳定的生态系统。
13. The basin favours the development of farming and animal husbandry.
    这个盆地有利于农业和畜牧业的发展。
14. The weather favoured our voyage.
    天气对我们的航行有利。
15. The wind favoured us and we won the sailing race.
    风向对我们有利,以致我们取得了帆船比赛的胜利。
16. The times favour the enterprise.
    时代对兴办企业有利。
17. This fact favours my view.
    这一事实与我的看法一致。
18. The girl favours her mother.
    这个女孩像她妈妈。
19. She favoured me with a kiss.
    她给了我一个吻,以示爱意。

经典引文

• His young Life-guardsman, for whom he seemed to have taken a special favour.

  出自： Sir W. Scott

• Rochester..stood high in the favour of the King.

  出自： Ld Macaulay

• Josephus seems to favour the division of the City into three parts.

  出自： E. Stillingfleet

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

be in〔out〕 of favour

〔没〕得到某人的尊重、赞同等 have〔not have〕 sb's regard, approval, etc.

curry favour

阿谀奉承 try to gain sb's favour by flattery, etc.

do sb a favour (by v-ing)

帮某人忙 give sb a hand

do sb the favour of v-ing〔to-v〕

帮某人忙 give sb a hand

find〔lose〕 favour with sb〔in sb's eyes〕

得〔失〕宠于某人,获得〔失去〕某人的好感 win〔lose〕 sb's approval

in favour of

支票以某人〔某部门〕为受款人 (of cheques) payable to (the account of) sb/sth

in sb's favour

对某人有利 to the advantage of sb

用作动词 (v.)

favour over (v.+prep.)

偏爱…而不喜欢… have partiality for sth, but not to love it
favour sb/sth over sb/sth
A coach should not favour one player over another on the team.

教练不应偏爱队里的任何一个球员。

favour with (v.+prep.)

取悦,满足 please (sb) with (sth); do (sb) a kindness by providing (sth)
favour sb with sth
Will you favour us with a song?

唱首歌给我们听听好吗?
Please favour me with an answer.

烦请赐复。
Please favour me with a prompt reply.

请速赐复。
Please favour me with an interview.

请赐面试为盼。
Busy as he was, he favoured us with an interview.

尽管他很忙,还是面试了我们。
The Queen favoured them with a short speech.

女王给他们作了简短的讲话使他们感到满意。
When will you favour us with a visit?

您什么时候才能大驾光临呢?
We hoped to be favoured with your early answer.

我们希望得到你尽早的回答。
She was favoured with an invitation.

她荣幸地受到了邀请。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• ask a favour of sb 请某人帮忙
• beg a favour 乞求帮忙
• catch favour 得到恩惠
• do sb a favour 帮某人的忙,给某人以恩惠
• enjoy the favour of sb 受到某人喜爱
• find favour with sb 得宠于某人
• lose favour 失宠
• receive a favour 得到恩惠
• show favour towards sb 对某人表示偏爱
• win sb's favour 赢得某人的欢心

形容词+～

• extraordinary favour 不寻常的恩惠
• popular favour 普遍的赞许
• public favour 公众的欢迎
• special favour 特殊优待,特权
• wide-spread favour 广泛的欢迎

介词+～

• as a favour 作为好意
• by sb's favour 经允许
• in favour of 有利于…的
• out of favour with sb 失宠于某人
• under favour of night 在夜色掩护下
• treat sb with favour 厚待某人

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• favour a moderate policy 赞成温和的政策
• favour a resolution 赞成某项决议
• favour handicrafts 喜爱手工艺品
• favour plan 赞成计划
• favour proposal 赞成建议
• favour reform 赞成改革
• favour the idea 赞成…主意
• favour the principle 赞成原则

～+副词

• favour a great deal 很相像
• favour certainly 肯定偏爱(某人)
• favour fruitlessly 赞成无效
• favour generously 非常慷慨赞成
• favour kindly 帮忙
• favour particularly 特别恩赐
• favour patiently 有耐力的赞成
• favour privately 私下同意

～+介词

• favour with a song 喜欢一支歌
• favour with sth 偏爱做某事

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. favour用作不可数名词时的意思是“欢心”“好感”“偏袒”; 用作可数名词时的意思是“恩惠”“善行”。
2. favour是英式英语的拼法, favor是美式英语的拼法。

v. (动词)

1. favour的基本意思是喜爱或偏爱某人或某物,作此解时,没有比较的含义。引申可表示“赞同”“有利于”。
2. favour作“容貌像”解时,只能用于父母,而且仅限于双亲中的一个。
3. favour只用作及物动词,可接名词、代词作宾语。也可接介词with表示“取悦,满足”; 接over表示“偏爱…而不喜欢…”。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

favour, goodwill, grace

• 这组词都有“好意”“善意”的意思。favour强调行为上的善意,好施乐助; grace强调在性格上给人一种善意; goodwill强调态度、感情上对人无恶意。

v. (动词)

favour, accommodate, oblige

• 这组词的共同意思是“施恩于(某人)或答应(某人)的请求”。其区别是：
• oblige通常指应某人的请求去做令人惬意的小事,或指对人所做的小事表示客气和礼貌; accommodate含有“有意协助”的意思,主要用在交易中指贷款等行为; favour专指纯粹出于好意、不附加任何义务或期待报答的惠赐。

favour, countenance, encourage

• 这三个词的共同意思是“赞成”“支持”。其区别是：
• 1.encourage指给予某人希望和信心,或者提高某人的情绪。
• 2.countenance指暗中支持或默认、纵容。例如:
• We have said several times that we will never countenance violence.我们多次说过,永远不会暗中支持或纵容暴力。
• 3.favour指积极地赞助某事,促使其早见成效。例如:
• They favour our program with a large contribution.他们大力捐助,以支持我们的计划。
• The government favours the plan.政府支持这项计划。

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。

词源解说

• ☆ 1300年左右进入英语，直接源自中古法语的favor；最初源自拉丁语的favorem，意为赞成，支持。

近反义词

【近义词】

• good deed
• good turn
• kindness
• service
• back
• encourage
• support