1 (BrE) (NAmEfavor) sth that helps sb幫助ADJECTIVE | VERB + FAVOUR/FAVORADJECTIVE➤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
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2 (BrE) (NAmEfavor) approval or support for sb/sth支持ADJECTIVE | VERB + FAVOUR/FAVOR | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤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
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(BrE) (NAmEfavor) ADVERB | VERB + FAVOUR/FAVOR | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤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。