favor

favor

英[ˈfeɪvə]美[ˈfeɪvər]

n.赞同，支持，帮助，偏袒；

v.更喜爱，偏袒，有利于，长得像；

复数：favors;

第三人称单数：favors;

过去式：favored;

过去分词：favored;

现在分词：favoring;

例句

The committee did not look upon the suggestion with favor.委员会没有赞成这项建议。

This check is made out in favor of a food corporation.这张支票的受款人为一家食品公司。

All in favor of this proposition will please say“Aye”.请所有赞成这项提议的人讲一声“赞成”。

Some elevated people favor the new policy.一些高层人士支持该项新*策。

He brought her some flowers, hoping to curry favor with her.他给她带来了一些花,想讨好她。

The judge was biased in favor of the local team.裁判对本地的球队有偏袒。

beseech a person’s favor恳求某人的恩赐

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。

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。

Here, three Santas forego their sleighs in favor of an underground commute.在这里, 三个圣诞老人放弃他们的雪橇有利于地下通勤.

英语六级真题

As U.S.banks recovered with the help of the American government and the American taxpayer, president Obama held meetings with top bank executives, telling them it’s time to return the favor.

Science would favor Du Bois.

The ruling would be in Bowman's favor if the case were argued in a Hollywood movie.

Some propose storing the CO2 in coal mines or liquid storage in the ocean, Shell favors storing CO2 in deep geological structures such as saline(盐的) formations and exhausted oil and gas fields that exist throughout the world.

Consumers who favor imported goods and services.

Some parents who withdraw their children from the schools in favor of home schooling have an inadequate educational background and insufficient formal training to provide a satisfactory education for their children.

Andrew Hacker, Queens College political science professor, thinks that advanced algebra and other higher-level math should be cut from curricula in favor of courses with more routine usefulness, like statistics.

Just earlier this year, the European Parliament voted in favor of legislation that would stop grocery giants from unfair trading practices that result in overproduction, thus creating waste.

There will probably be months of legal confrontation, and it is not at all clear which side will prevail in court, nor in the battle for public opinion and legislative favor.

英英词典释义

Noun

1. an act of gracious kindness

2. an advantage to the benefit of someone or something;

3. an inclination to approve;

4. a feeling of favorable regard

5. souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party

Verb

1. promote over another;

2. consider as the favorite;

3. treat gently or carefully

4. bestow a privilege upon

行业词典

体育： 避免对方攻自己的弱点；预期获胜；