favour是什么意思

favour

英[?fe?v?(r)] 美[?fe?v?r]

n. 赞同，支持，帮助，偏袒；
v. 更喜爱，偏袒，有利于，长得像；

复数：favours;

第三人称单数：favours;

过去式：favoured;

过去分词：favoured;

现在分词：favouring;

同义词

favour的同义词之：
assistance sympathize acceptance blessing kindness courtesy back

反义词

n.
favour的反义词之：偏爱;善意的行为
animosity malice enmity

同义词解析

以下这些名词均有"利益，好处" 的意思
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。

词组

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
in favour
meeting with approval 受欢迎的，被认可的 having or showing approval 赞同的，支持的
in one's favour
to one's advantage 对（某人）有利
in favour of
to be replaced by 由…接替 to the advantage of 有利于，有助于
out of favour
lacking or having lost approval or popularity 失宠；过时；不受欢迎

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

N-UNCOUNT

赞同;支持;喜爱

If you regard something or someone with favour, you like or support them.
例句
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。 No one would look with favour on the continuing military rule... 没有人会赞成继续军政府统治。
N-COUNT

恩惠;帮忙

If you do someone a favour, you do something for them even though you do not have to.
例句
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。
N-PLURAL

与人发生性关系

If you say that one person gives or sells their favours to another, you mean that they have sex.
例句
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。
VERB

更喜爱;宁愿;倾向于

If you favour something, you prefer it to the other choices available.
例句
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”。
VERB

偏爱;偏袒;宠爱

If you favour someone, you treat them better or in a kinder way than you treat other people.
例句
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。 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。
PHRASE

支持;赞成

If you are in favour of something, you support it and think that it is a good thing.
例句
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。
PHRASE

认为…正确;认为…有理

If someone makes a judgment in your favour, they say that you are right about something.
例句
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。
PHRASE

对…有利

If something is in your favour, it helps you or gives you an advantage.
例句
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。
PHRASE

(舍弃某物)宁愿选择;选…(而不选…)

If one thing is rejected in favour of another, the second thing is done or chosen instead of the first.
例句
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。
PHRASE

受宠／失宠;得势／失势

If someone or something is in favour, people like or support them. If they are out of favour, people no longer like or support them.

英汉词典释义

n.
帮助，喜爱, 宠爱; 好感; 赞同
He soon won the favour of his boss. 他很快赢得了老板的好感。 A mother shouldn't show too much favour to one of her children. 母亲不应该对一个孩子表现出过多的宠爱。
偏袒, 偏爱
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。
善行, 恩惠
I hate asking favours of people. 我不愿求别人给予照顾。
魅力
Semiconductors began to lose favour 10 years earlier. 10年前，半导体行业失去了魅力。
vt.
喜爱, 偏爱
The teacher favours serious students. 老师喜欢认真的学生。
赞同
He favours peace. 他赞成和平。
有利于, 便于
Hot climate and plentiful rainfall favour the growth of plants. 炎热的气候和充足的雨水有助于植物生长。
容貌像…
Everyone said that the child favoured his father. 大家都说这孩子像他父亲。

英英词典释义

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"

行业词典

法律：赠与；