favour /ˈfeɪvə/ star4 CET4 TEM4 (favouring,favoured,favours)

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  N-UNCOUNT（不可数名词） If you regard something or someone with favour, you like or support them. 喜爱; 支持

  例：

  It remains to be seen if the show will find favour with an audience.

  这场演出是否将获得观众喜爱还要拭目以待。

• 2.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） If you do someone a favour, you do something for them even though you do not have to. 恩惠

  例：

  I've come to ask you to do me a favour.

  我是来请你帮我一个忙的。

• 3.  

  V-T（及物动词） If you favour something, you prefer it to the other choices available. 更喜欢

  例：

  The French say they favour a transition to democracy.

  法国人说他们更喜欢向民主的过渡。

• 4.  

  V-T（及物动词） If you favour someone, you treat them better or in a kinder way than you treat other people. 偏袒

  例：

  The company has no rules about favouring U.S. citizens during layoffs.

  该公司没有在裁员期间偏袒美国公民的规定。

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  PHRASE（习语） If you are in favour of something, you support it and think that it is a good thing. 支持

  例：

  I wouldn't be in favour of income tax cuts.

  我不会支持削减所得税。

• 6.  

  PHRASE（习语） If someone makes a judgment in your favour, they say that you are right about something. 认为…正确

  例：

  The Supreme Court ruled in Fitzgerald's favour.

  最高法院判定菲茨杰拉德胜诉。

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  PHRASE（习语） If something is in your favour, it helps you or gives you an advantage. 有助于; 有利于

  例：

  The protection that farmers have enjoyed amounts to a bias in favour of the countryside.

  农民们享受到的保护几乎就是对农村有利的一种偏袒。

• 8.  

  PHRASE（习语） If one thing is rejected in favour of another, the second thing is done or chosen instead of the first. (两物相比之下) 宁愿选择

  例：

  The policy was rejected in favour of a more cautious approach.

  这一政策未被采纳，而是选择了一个更谨慎的方法。

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  PHRASE（习语） 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. 得宠/失宠; 得到/失去…的支持

  例：

  Governments and party leaders can only hope to remain in favour with the public for so long.

  政府和政党领导人们只能希望一直得到公众的支持。