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favour noun 2 (BrE) (NAmE favor) approval or support for sb/sth 支持ADJECTIVE | VERB + FAVOUR/FAVOR | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEgood, great, high, particular 不错的／很大的／高度的／不一般的支持◆Traditionally, vigilante groups have found greater favour on the political right.按惯例，治安维持团体能获得政治右派的更多支持。◆He stood in high favour at the court of Lewis the Pious.他在虔诚者刘易斯的宫廷里深受赏识。divine, government, political, royal 神佑；政府的支持；政治上的支持；王室的支持◆In the Christian tradition, the world exists only as an act of divine favour.在基督教的传统观念中，世界之所以存在只是因为有神灵庇佑。public 公众的支持◆This did not meet with public favour.这没有获得公众的支持。VERB + FAVOUR/FAVORbe in, enjoy, have 得宠；受宠；有人宠爱◆The bishop was said to have enjoyed the king's favour.据说主教得到了国王的支持。find, gain, win 发现有人赞许；获得支持；赢得支持◆Her political views have not found favour in recent years.近年来，她的政治观点没有获得支持。court, curry, seek 取悦某人以获取其支持；讨好；谋求支持◆Why are we trying to court the favour of critics?我们为什么要试图博取评论者的支持呢？◆He tried to curry favour with the teachers.他尽力巴结老师。◆Artists sought the favour of wealthy patrons.艺术家谋求富有的赞助人的支持。show 偏袒◆As an examiner, she showed no favour to any candidate.作为考官，她不偏袒任何考生。be out of 不受欢迎fall from, fall out of, lose 不再受欢迎；失宠◆The senior officials were punished and rapidly fell from favour.这些高级官员受到惩罚，很快失宠。◆This idea has long since fallen out of favour.这一观点很早以前就不再受欢迎了。be back in, bring sth back into, come back into 重新得到支持；使⋯重新得到支持；回到有人支持的情况◆A style of art can go out of fashion and then come back into favour fifty years later.一种艺术风格可能会变得不再流行，但 50 年后又可能再次受到青睐。argue in, speak in 赞成◆She argued in favour of this policy.她在争论中赞成这项政策。speak out in 说好话支持⋯◆No one was willing to speak out in favour of their colleague.没有人能愿意出来替自己的同事说句话。come down in, come out in, decide in, find in, resolve in, rule in, vote in 决定支持；决定拥护；判决胜诉；投票支持◆The committee came down in favour of setting up a national body.委员会决定支持建立一个国家机构。◆The court found in favour of the plaintiffs.法院判定原告胜诉。work in 为⋯而努力◆Environmental conservation generally works in favour of maintaining the status quo.环境保护组织通常都会为维持现有环境状况而努力。go in 垂青◆The golf tournament went in the Americans' favour (= they won).美国队在高尔夫锦标赛中获胜。PREPOSITIONin favour of 支持◆He is strongly in favour of capital punishment.他强烈支持死刑。◆Early in his musical career he abandoned blues in favour of jazz.他在音乐生涯的早期就放弃了布鲁斯音乐而选择了爵士乐。in sb's/sth's favour 对⋯有利◆This piece of software has two points in its favour: it's fast and inexpensive.这个软件有两大优势：一是运行速度快，二是价格低廉。favour among 得到⋯的支持◆This argument found favour among advocates of multiculturalism.这一主张得到了多元文化倡导者的支持。favour with 受⋯的欢迎◆She is too popular with the public to find much favour with the critics.她太受公众喜爱了，却不大受评论界青睐。PHRASESan argument in sb/sth's favour 对⋯有利的主张◆an argument in favour of censorship支持审查制度的主张a bias in sb/sth's favour 对⋯的偏爱look with favour on sb/sth, look with favour upon sb/sth 重视⋯◆Depth of training is looked upon with favour by many employers.许多雇主看重培训的深度。without fear or favour (= in a fair way) 大公无私 |