favour

[ˈfeɪvə(r)]
  • 释义
  • n.

    帮助;恩惠;赞同;善行;

  • vt.

    喜爱;有利于;赞同;容貌像…;

  • 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》