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IELTS BNC: 2781 COCA: 28142
favour
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noun /ˈfeɪvə(r)/
singularfavour
pluralfavours
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    [C] something that you do for someone in order to help them 恩惠；善行
    do someone a favour :

    Could you do me a favour? 你可以帮我个忙吗？

    ask a favour of someone :

    Can I ask a favour of you? 请你帮个忙行吗？

    owe someone a favour :

    I'll ask Steve. He owes me a favour. 我将问问史蒂夫，他还欠我一个人情。

    return a favour :

    Thanks very much for your help. I'll return the favour some time. 非常感谢你的帮助。以后我会报答你的恩惠。

    do something as a favour :

    He wouldn't take any money for his work: he insisted he was doing it as a favour. 他不愿意为他的工作收钱，坚持说那是帮忙做的。

     Synonyms and related words
    Help: help, contribution, assistance...
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    [U] support or admiration from people 支持；赞赏；喜爱；宠爱
    find/gain/win favour (with someone) :

    This approach has won more favour in the US than in Britain. 这种方法在美国比在英国赢得了更多的支持。

    lose favour (with someone) :

    Nuclear power stations have lost favour in recent years. 近年来核电站已经不太受欢迎了。

    curry favour (=try to get someone to support or admire you) 拍马屁 :

    an ambitious young man willing to curry favour with his superiors 野心勃勃、乐于拍上司马屁的年轻人

     Synonyms and related words
    Support for ideas, plans or people: support, championship, backing...
     Synonyms and related words
    Feelings of love, respect and admiration: love, respect, passion...
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    [U] behaviour that helps someone and gives them an advantage in an unfair way 偏爱；偏袒
    show favour to someone :

    He was careful to show no favour to anyone. 他小心谨慎地不偏袒任何人。

     Synonyms and related words
    Favouritism and unfairness: apartheid, linguistic imperialism, favouritism...
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    favours

    [plural] old-fashioned sexual acts that one person agrees to do with another （同意与别人发生的）性行为

    He was found guilty of selling secrets in return for sexual favours. 他因出卖机密来进行性交易而被裁定有罪。

     Synonyms and related words
    Sexual activity: ass, the birds and the bees, blow job...
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verb [T] /ˈfeɪvə(r)/
present tense
I/you/we/theyfavour
he/she/itfavours
present participlefavouring
past tensefavoured
past participlefavoured
  1. 1
    to support an idea and believe that it is better than other ideas that have been suggested 支持，赞成，赞同（想法）

    The report strongly favours reform of the electoral system. 报告强烈支持对选举制度进行改革。

     Synonyms and related words
    To support an idea, plan or person: support, back, get behind...
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    to help someone and give them an advantage in an unfair way 偏爱；偏袒

    These tax cuts will favour the rich. 这些减税措施对富人有利。

     Synonyms and related words
    To give someone an unfair advantage: favour, gift, give/show preference to someone/something...
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    to make a situation easier or better for someone or something 有利于；有助于

    The wet conditions favoured the home team. 潮湿的天气状况有利于主队。

     Synonyms and related words
    To make something better: improve, enhance, remedy...
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    mainly American informal to look like one of your parents or an older relative 长得像（父母或较年长的亲属）
     Synonyms and related words
    To look the same as, or similar to, someone or something: resemble, take after, blend in...

phrasal verbs

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

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