词组 | favour |
释义 | favour BrE favor AmE /ˈfeɪvə $ -ər/ noun 1. something that you do for someone in order to help them or be kind to themadjectivesa big/great/huge favour I’ve got a big favour to ask of you. | He acted as though he’d done us a great favor by coming.a small/little favour Can you do me a small favour?a special favour As a special favour, we were allowed to watch the players training.a personal favour (=something you do specially for a particular person) As a personal favor, he let us use the hall to rehearse.a political favour He was accused of granting political favours in return for illegal payments.verbsdo sb a favour Could you do me a favour and lend me £5?ask sb a favour also ask a favour of sb formal I felt nervous about asking Stephen a favour.owe sb a favour (=feel that you should do something for someone because they have done something for you) I owe you a favour for all the help you’ve given me.return a favour (=do something for someone because they have done something for you) He helped me in the past and now he wanted me to return the favor.grant sb a favour formal (=do them a favour) Female soldiers do not wish to be granted any special favors.phrasesas a favour to sb (=because you want to be kind, not because you have to) She delivered the parcel as a favour to her sister.do yourself a favour (=do something good for yourself) Do yourself a favour and get a good night’s rest before the exam.2. popularity or approvalverbsfind/win favour (=become popular) This method has found favour with teachers.lose favour (=become less popular) Investments of this type have lost favour in recent years.curry favour (=try to make someone like you in order to get something you want) Politicians promise tax cuts to curry favour with the voters.phrasesbe in favour (=be popular) He was not in favour with the party leadership.be out of favour (=not be popular any more) Big cars are out of favour.come back into favour (=used when someone or something starts being popular again) His ideas are now coming back into favour.fall/go out of favour (=used when someone or something stops being popular) The custom fell out of favour at the beginning of the 20th century. |
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