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IELTS BNC: 2781 COCA: 28142
favournounUK US favor uk/ˈfeɪ.vər/ us/ˈfeɪ.vɚ/

favour noun SUPPORT

B2 [ U ] the support or approval of something or someone支持；赞同

These plans are unlikely to find favour unless the cost is reduced.这些计划除非缩减费用，否则不大可能得到支持。
The Council voted in favour of a £200 million housing development.政务委员会投票赞成耗资两亿英镑新建住宅区的计划。
She is out of favour (= unpopular) with her colleagues.她在同事当中人缘不好。
Her economic theories are in favour (= popular) with the current government.她的经济理论获得现任政府的赞同。
He sent her presents in an attempt to win her favour.他向她赠送礼物，企图博得她的好感。
be in favour of sth/doing sth

to support or approve of something赞同…/赞同做…

Are you in favour of a ban on smoking?你赞同禁烟吗？
I'm not in favour of hitting children.我不赞同打孩子。
in your favour

C1 When something is in your favour, it gives you an advantage.对…有利，使…处于有利的位置

This candidate has a lot in her favour, especially her experience of teaching.这位求职者有很多优势，尤其是她执教的经历。
find in sb's favour

If a judge finds in someone's favour, he or she says that that person is not guilty.判决…无罪

More examples

The majority of people in the province are in favour of devolution.

He claimed that he had been pushed aside in favour of a younger person.

The system of benefits is weighted in favour of those who have children.

Delegates have voted in favour of the motion.

54% of voters were in favour, 30% against, and the rest were undecided.

favour noun KIND ACT

B1 [ C ] a kind action that you do for someone帮助，善意行为；恩惠

She called to ask me a favour.她打电话来让我帮个忙。
Could you do me a favour - would you feed my cat this weekend?你能帮我个忙——这周末帮我喂猫吗？

[ C usually plural ] an advantage that you give to someone, such as money or a good job, especially when this is unfair特别照顾，优惠；偏袒

Several politicians were accused of dispensing favours to people who voted for them.几名政客被指责向投票支持他们的人提供好处。

More examples

He never even thanked me, so that's the last time I do him a favour.

Can I ask you a favour?

Could you do me a favour and pass these sandwiches round?

The reason (that) I'm calling is to ask a favour.

It is illegal for public officials to solicit gifts or money in exchange for favours.

favour noun PRESENT

[ C usually plural ] a small present that you give to every guest at a wedding, party, etc.（在婚礼、聚会等上发给客人的）小礼物

wedding favours婚礼赠客礼品

Idiom(s)

be free with your favours
do me/us a favour!
not do sb any favours
speak in sb's favour
favourverb [ T ]UK US favor uk/ˈfeɪ.vər/ us/ˈfeɪ.vɚ/

to support or prefer one particular possibility赞同；较喜欢

These are the running shoes favoured by marathon runners.这些是马拉松选手喜爱的跑鞋。
In the survey, a majority of people favoured higher taxes and better public services over (= rather than) tax cuts.调查显示，大多数人赞同提高税收并改善公共服务事业，不赞成削减税收。
[ + -ing verb ] I generally favour travelling by night, when the roads are quiet.我一般喜欢夜里赶路，那时路上比较清静。

to give an advantage to someone or something, in an unfair way优惠；偏袒；特别照顾

A strong wind will favour the bigger boats.强风对大船有利。
She always felt that her parents favoured her brother.她总觉得父母偏爱弟弟。

More examples

The president is predisposed towards negotiation and favours a peaceful way of resolving the crisis.

Jones favours a dynamic, hands-on style of management.

They favour the self-regulation of the industry, and strict codes of conduct have already been issued by the Advertising Association.

The committee favours the cheapest option.

Which of the proposals do you favour?

Phrasal verb(s)

favour sb with sth
IELTS BNC: 2781 COCA: 28142
favour

noun¹

 1 (BrE) (NAmE favor) sth that helps sb幫助ADJECTIVE | VERB + FAVOUR/FAVOR ADJECTIVE➤big, great, huge大的幫助；巨大的支持▸➤little, small小的幫助➤special特別照顧▸➤personal給個人的幫助◇As a personal favour to me, please don't release my story to the press.請不要將我的事告訴媒體，算是幫我的忙吧。➤last最後的幫助◇She had one last favour to ask her brother.她最後還要請她的哥哥幫一個忙。➤political, sexual政治上的支持；同意性交VERB + FAVOUR/FAVOR➤ask請求幫助◇I came here to ask you a big favour.我來這兒想請你幫個大忙。➤expect期望得到幫助◇I don't expect any favours from my friends on the tennis court.我不指望我的朋友在網球場上給我什麼照顧。➤bestow, do, grant sb給某人恩惠◇Rodrigo accepted the favours bestowed on him by the new king.羅德里戈接受了新任國王賜予他的恩賞。◇Do yourself a favour and cut your credit cards in half.幫幫自己，把信用卡的數量減少一半吧。➤owe sb欠某人人情◇I'll ask Jane. She owes me a favour.我去找找簡，她欠我個人情。➤repay, return償還／報答恩情◇Thanks very much. I'll return the favour one day.非常感謝，有一天我會報答你的。➤seek尋求幫助➤need需要幫助◇He needed another favour from her.他還需要她幫一個忙。➤get, obtain得到／獲得幫助➤accept, receive接受幫助
favour

noun²

 2 (BrE) (NAmE favor) approval or support for sb/sth支持ADJECTIVE | VERB + FAVOUR/FAVOR | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤good, great, high, particular不錯的／很大的／高度的／不一般的支持◇Traditionally, vigilante groups have found greater favour on the political right.按慣例，治安維持團體能獲得政治右派的更多支持。◇He stood in high favour at the court of Lewis the Pious.他在虔誠者劉易斯的宮廷裏深受賞識。➤divine, government, political, royal神祐；政府的支持；政治上的支持；王室的支持◇In the Christian tradition, the world exists only as an act of divine favour.在基督教的傳統觀念中，世界之所以存在只是因為有神靈庇祐。➤public公眾的支持◇This did not meet with public favour.這沒有獲得公眾的支持。VERB + FAVOUR/FAVOR➤be in, enjoy, have得寵；受寵；有人寵愛◇The bishop was said to have enjoyed the king's favour.據說主教得到了國王的支持。➤find, gain, win發現有人讚許；獲得支持；贏得支持◇Her political views have not found favour in recent years.近年來，她的政治觀點沒有獲得支持。➤court, curry, seek取悅某人以獲取其支持；討好；謀求支持◇Why are we trying to court the favour of critics?我們為什麼要試圖博取評論者的支持呢？◇He tried to curry favour with the teachers.他盡力巴結老師。◇Artists sought the favour of wealthy patrons.藝術家謀求富有的贊助人的支持。➤show偏袒◇As an examiner, she showed no favour to any candidate.作為考官，她不偏袒任何考生。➤be out of不受歡迎➤fall from, fall out of, lose不再受歡迎；失寵◇The senior officials were punished and rapidly fell from favour.這些高級官員受到懲罰，很快失寵。◇This idea has long since fallen out of favour.這一觀點很早以前就不再受歡迎了。➤be back in, bring sth back into, come back into重新得到支持；使⋯重新得到支持；回到有人支持的情況◇A style of art can go out of fashion and then come back into favour fifty years later.一種藝術風格可能會變得不再流行，但 50 年後又可能再次受到青睞。➤argue in, speak in贊成◇She argued in favour of this policy.她在爭論中贊成這項政策。➤speak out in說好話支持⋯◇No one was willing to speak out in favour of their colleague.沒有人能願意出來替自己的同事說句話。➤come down in, come out in, decide in, find in, resolve in, rule in, vote in決定支持；決定擁護；判決勝訴；投票支持◇The committee came down in favour of setting up a national body.委員會決定支持建立一個國家機構。◇The court found in favour of the plaintiffs.法院判定原告勝訴。➤work in為⋯而努力◇Environmental conservation generally works in favour of maintaining the status quo.環境保護組織通常都會為維持現有環境狀況而努力。➤go in垂青◇The golf tournament went in the Americans' favour (= they won).美國隊在高爾夫錦標賽中獲勝。PREPOSITION➤in favour of支持◇He is strongly in favour of capital punishment.他強烈支持死刑。◇Early in his musical career he abandoned blues in favour of jazz.他在音樂生涯的早期就放棄了布魯斯音樂而選擇了爵士樂。➤in sb's/sth's favour對⋯有利◇This piece of software has two points in its favour: it's fast and inexpensive.這個軟件有兩大優勢：一是運行速度快，二是價格低廉。➤favour among得到⋯的支持◇This argument found favour among advocates of multiculturalism.這一主張得到了多元文化倡導者的支持。➤favour with受⋯的歡迎◇She is too popular with the public to find much favour with the critics.她太受公眾喜愛了，卻不大受評論界青睞。PHRASES➤an argument in sb/sth's favour對⋯有利的主張◇an argument in favour of censorship支持審查制度的主張➤a bias in sb/sth's favour對⋯的偏愛▸➤look with favour on sb/sth, look with favour upon sb/sth重視⋯◇Depth of training is looked upon with favour by many employers.許多雇主看重培訓的深度。➤without fear or favour (= in a fair way) 大公無私
favour

verb

 (BrE) (NAmE favor) ADVERB | VERB + FAVOUR/FAVOR | PREPOSITION ADVERB➤greatly, heavily, overwhelmingly, strongly大大地／激烈地／極力／有力地支持◇We strongly favour reform of the system.我們大力支持體制改革。➤especially, particularly特別／尤其喜愛◇Haitians especially favour seafoods.海地人特別喜歡海鮮。➤clearly明顯偏愛➤increasingly越來越喜愛◇Pot plants are increasingly favoured as gifts by guests.客人們越來越喜歡把盆栽植物作為禮物。➤slightly稍微對⋯有利◇The polls slightly favour the Republicans.民意調查結果對共和黨人稍稍有利。➤consistently一貫支持➤personally個人偏愛◇I personally favour this last option.我個人喜歡最後的這個選擇。➤traditionally傳統上支持VERB + FAVOUR/FAVOR➤appear to, be known to, be likely to, be thought to, seem to, tend to從表面上看／盡人皆知地／很可能／被認為／似乎／傾向於支持◇The prime minister is thought to favour an early referendum on the issue.人們認為首相支持對此儘早舉行全民公決。➤continue to繼續支持◇She continues to favour large-scale developments.她繼續支持大規模開發。PREPOSITION➤at the expense of以⋯為代價支持◇He favoured some individuals at the expense of others.他為了支持某些個人而犧牲了其他人。➤for為⋯支持◇The Democrat candidate is favoured for re-election.人們支持這位民主黨候選人參加重選。➤over更加支持⋯而非⋯◇News coverage should not favour one party over another.新聞報道不應厚此薄彼。
IELTS BNC: 2781 COCA: 28142
favour (also favor) noun
⇨ approval (find favour with sb) ⇨ in favour (of sb/sth) ⇨ in favour (of sb/sth) phrasefavour (also favor) verb
⇨ prefer
IELTS BNC: 2781 COCA: 28142

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