favour

1. N-UNCOUNT If you regard something or someone with favour, you like or support them. 喜愛(ài); 支持

It remains to be seen if the show will find favour with an audience. 這場(chǎng)演出是否將獲得觀(guān)眾喜愛(ài)還要拭目以待。

No one would look with favour on the continuing military rule. 沒(méi)有人會(huì)支持繼續(xù)的軍事統(tǒng)治。

2. N-COUNT If you do someone a favour, you do something for them even though you do not have to. 恩惠

I've come to ask you to do me a favour. 我是來(lái)請(qǐng)你幫我一個(gè)忙的。

3. V-T If you favour something, you prefer it to the other choices available. 更喜歡

The French say they favour a transition to democracy. 法國(guó)人說(shuō)他們更喜歡向民主的過(guò)渡。

4. V-T If you favour someone, you treat them better or in a kinder way than you treat other people. 偏袒

The company has no rules about favouring U.S. citizens during layoffs. 該公司沒(méi)有在裁員期間偏袒美國(guó)公民的規(guī)定。

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

I wouldn't be in favour of income tax cuts. 我不會(huì)支持削減所得稅。

Yet this is a Government which proclaims that it is all in favour of openness. 然而這是一個(gè)宣稱(chēng)全力支持開(kāi)放的政府。

6. PHRASE If someone makes a judgment in your favour, they say that you are right about something. 認(rèn)為…正確

The Supreme Court ruled in Fitzgerald's favour. 最高法院判定菲茨杰拉德勝訴。

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

The protection that farmers have enjoyed amounts to a bias in favour of the countryside. 農(nóng)民們享受到的保護(hù)幾乎就是對(duì)農(nóng)村有利的一種偏袒。

8. PHRASE If one thing is rejected in favour of another, the second thing is done or chosen instead of the first. (兩物相比之下) 寧愿選擇

The policy was rejected in favour of a more cautious approach. 這一政策未被采納，而是選擇了一個(gè)更謹(jǐn)慎的方法。

9. PHRASE 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. 得寵/失寵; 得到/失去…的支持

Governments and party leaders can only hope to remain in favour with the public for so long. 政府和政黨領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人們只能希望一直得到公眾的支持。