新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

favourIELTS重点词汇

英 [ˈfeɪvə]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

favours
1. [U 不可数名词] 喜爱 , 支持
If you regard something or someone with favour, you like or support them.
双语例句
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。
例：
No one would look with favour on the continuing military rule.
没有人会支持持续的军事统治。
2. [C 可数名词] 恩惠 , 帮忙
If you do someone a favour, you do something for them even though you do not have to.
双语例句
例：
I've come to ask you to do me a favour.
我是来请你帮我一个忙的。

PHRASE. 习语

in favour
1. 支持 , 赞成
If you are in favour of something, you support it and think that it is a good thing.
反义词
against
双语例句
例：
I wouldn't be in favour of income tax cuts.
我不会支持削减所得税。
例：
Yet this is a Government which proclaims that it is all in favour of openness.
然而这是一个宣称全力支持开放的政府。
例：
The vote passed with 111 in favour and 25 against.
表决以111票支持，25票反对获得通过。
in someone's favour
1. 有助于 , 有利于
If something is in your favour, it helps you or gives you an advantage.
双语例句
例：
The protection that farmers have enjoyed amounts to a bias in favour of the countryside.
农民们所受的保护几乎变成了对农村的一种偏袒。
2. 认为…正确
If someone makes a judgment in your favour, they say that you are right about something.
双语例句
例：
The Supreme Court ruled in Fitzgerald's favour.
最高法院判定菲茨杰拉德胜诉。
in favour of
1. （两物相比之下）宁愿选择
If one thing is rejected in favour of another, the second thing is done or chosen instead of the first.
双语例句
例：
The policy was rejected in favour of a more cautious approach.
这一政策未被采纳，取而代之的是一个更为谨慎的方法。
in favour , out of favour
1. 得宠/失宠 , 得到/失去…的支持
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.
双语例句
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。

VERB. 动词

favours , favouring , favoured
1. [T 及物动词] 更喜欢 , 倾向于
If you favour something, you prefer it to the other choices available.
反义词
oppose
双语例句
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。
例：
Britain and the United States have strongly favoured retaining the sanctions.
英国和美国一直强烈倾向于保留这些制裁。
2. [T 及物动词] 偏袒
If you favour someone, you treat them better or in a kinder way than you treat other people.
双语例句
例：
The company has no rules about favouring US citizens during layoffs.
该公司没有在裁员期间偏袒美国公民的规定。