favour

[ˈfeɪvə(r)]
  • n.

    帮助;恩惠;赞同;善行;

  • vt.

    喜爱;有利于;赞同;容貌像…;

  • 单词变形

    复数: favours 过去式: favoured 过去分词: favoured 现在分词: favouring 第三人称单数: favours


  • 词义辨析

    favour, goodwill, grace

    这组词都有“好意”“善意”的意思。favour强调行为上的善意,好施乐助; grace强调在性格上给人一种善意; goodwill强调态度、感情上对人无恶意。

    favour, accommodate, oblige

    这组词共同的意思是“施恩于(某人)或答应(某人)的请求”。它们的区别是:
    oblige通常指应某人的请求去做令人惬意的小事,或指对人所做的小事表示客气和礼貌; accommodate含有“有意协助”的意思,主要用在交易中指贷款等行为; favour专指纯粹出于好意、不附加任何义务或期待报答的惠赐。

    favour, countenance, encourage

    这三个词共同的意思是“赞成”“支持”。它们的区别是:
    1.encourage指给予某人希望和信心,或者提高某人的情绪。
    2.countenance指暗中支持或默认、纵容。例如:
    We have said several times that we will never countenance violence.我们多次说过,永远不会暗中支持或纵容暴力。
    3.favour指积极地赞助某事,促使其早见成效。例如:
    They favour our program with a large contribution.他们大力捐助,以支持我们的计划。
    The government favours the plan.政府支持这项计划。

    advantage,benefit,interest,favour,profit,gain

    这些名词均有“利益、好处”之意。
    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。

  • 双语例句
1、

Politicians are eager to promote their "happy family" image to curry favour with voters.

政客们极力宣传他们的“幸福家庭”形象以讨好选民。

——柯林斯例句

2、

One factor thought to have worked in his favour is his working class image.

据认为,一个帮上了他的因素就是他的工人阶级形象。

——柯林斯例句

3、

The majority of Scots favour an autonomous Scotland involving devolution or complete independence.

大多数苏格兰人都赞成一个中央权力下放自治苏格兰或完全独立.

——《简明英汉词典》

4、

May I ask a favour of you?

能不能请你帮个忙?

5、

The German Chancellor and the French President have come out in favour of direct financial aid.

德国总理和法国总统已经宣布支持直接的财政援助。

——柯林斯例句

6、

The voting was 15 in favour, 3 against and 2 abstentions.

表决结果是15人赞成,3人反对,2人弃权。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

7、

Union leaders had urged miners to vote in favour of an overtime ban.

工会领导人呼吁矿工投票支持加班禁令。

——柯林斯例句

8、

The current electoral law is still heavily weighted in favour of the ruling party.

当前的选举法仍然对执政党非常有利。

——柯林斯例句

9、

They favour our programme with a large contribution.

他们大力捐助,以支持我们的计划.

——《简明英汉词典》

10、

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。

——柯林斯例句

11、

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.

——《简明英汉词典》

12、

The vote was overwhelmingly in favour of the Democratic Party.

压倒多数的选票投给了民主党。

——柯林斯例句

13、

All the evidence makes in your favour.

所有证据都对你有利.

——《简明英汉词典》

14、

The verdict of the jury was given in his favour.

陪审团作出了对他有利的结论.

——《现代汉英综合大词典》

15、

Companies tend to favour the lawyer who has trained with a good quality City firm.

各公司往往偏爱那些在伦敦金融城的大律师事务所受过培训的律师。

——柯林斯例句

16、

The newspaper reprinted the facts, without fear or favour.

报纸公正地转载了事情的真相.

——《简明英汉词典》

17、

You did us a great favour by disposing of that problem.

你解决了那个问题,可算是帮了我们一个大忙。

——柯林斯例句

18、

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.

——《简明英汉词典》

19、

The general opinion is in favour of us.

舆论普遍对我们有利.

——《简明英汉词典》

20、

He urgently begged a favour of me.

他急切地恳求我帮他一个忙.

——《简明英汉词典》

21、

He wrote a splendid polemic in my favour.

他写了一篇出色的文章为我辩护.

——《简明英汉词典》

22、

Today's slightly shorter race could well help to tip the scales in his favour.

今天距离稍短的赛跑可能会对他占据优势大有助益。

——柯林斯例句

23、

The newspaper is now weighted in favour of trivia.

这份报纸如今倾向于报道一些花边消息。

——柯林斯例句

24、

Of the 59 committee members, 40 were against legalisation, 13 were in favour and the remainder were undecided.

在59个委员会委员中,有40人反对这项法案,13人赞成,其余的尚未表明态度。

——柯林斯例句

25、

His honesty and sincerity prejudiced us in his favour.

他的真诚使我们对他产生好感.

——《现代英汉综合大词典》

26、

No one would look with favour on the continuing military rule.

没有人会赞成继续军政府统治。

——柯林斯例句

27、

She returned our favour with interest.

她加倍地报答我们的恩惠.

——《现代英汉综合大词典》

28、

Do me a favour , while you're about it, buy me a copy too.

请帮个忙, 就便也替我买一本.

——《现代汉英综合大词典》

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