favor
英 [ˈfeɪvə]
美 [ˈfeɪvər]
n. 喜爱，宠爱，好感，赞同; 偏袒，偏爱; 善行，恩惠
v. 赞同; 喜爱，偏爱; 有利于，便于
第三人称单数：favors 复数：favors 现在分词：favoring 过去式：favored 过去分词：favored
BNC.49170 / COCA.2500
英英释义
noun
- an act of gracious kindness
- souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party
- an advantage to the benefit of someone or something
- the outcome was in his favor
- an inclination to approve
- that style is in favor this season
- a feeling of favorable regard
verb
- consider as the favorite
- The local team was favored
- promote over another
- he favors his second daughter
- bestow a privilege upon
- treat gently or carefully
双语例句
- He has to just ride this out and hope that it turns in his favor.
他必须经受住此次危机，并且希望结果会对他有利。 - You'd think you were the one who did me the favor, and not the other way around.
应该是你帮了我，而不是我帮了你。 - The balance of maritime superiority has tipped in favor of us.
海上优势已经转到我们这边了。 - I heard a forcible argument in favor of the new policy.
我听到一个支持新政策的有力论据。 - You helped me with my computer last week. I want to repay the favor.
你上个星期帮我搞定了电脑。我要还你这个人情。 - There has been a decline in enrollment in liberal arts courses in favor of highly specialized training for high-paying careers, mostly in business.
文科课程的报名人数有所下降，而以商业为主、针对高薪职业的高度专业化培训课程则越来越受欢迎。 - I raised your suggestion with the boss, and he was in favor of trying it.
我向老板提出了你的建议，他同意试一下。 - Three-fourths of the public say they favor a national referendum on the issue.
四分之三的公众表示希望就这个问题进行全民公决。 - One relatively recent technique which has found some favor involves the inclusion of soluble trivalent antimony derivatives in the slurry during mixing.
一种比较近代的、人们好采用的技术是在混合过程中加入可溶性的三价锑衍生物。 - I smiled. "We owed you a favor," I said.
我笑了，“我们本来就欠你个人情。”我说。