favour
US:/ˈfeɪvər/
UK:/ˈfeɪvə(r)/
n.:
支持；恩惠；偏爱；赞同
v.:
有利于；偏袒；较喜欢；选择
网络:
好感；赞成；亲切
Word forms: (第三人称单数) favours (现在分词) favouring (过去式) favoured
Examples
1.
I know that there will be those up in arms about this idea, that it would favour the rich over the poor.
我知道一定会有人极力反对这种观点，说这种做法对有钱人有利、对穷人不利。
2.
When I checked the damaged cases with the receiver, I cut down all those with slight damage. You know I've done a favour for you .
当我和收货人检查残损箱子时，我剔除了轻微的残损货，你知道我的做法对你是有利的。
3.
One of the directors has offered to wine and dine me so he is probably looking for a favour or trying to sell me something.
一位董事表示愿意款待我吃喝，也许他有事相求或想向我兜售些什么东西。
4.
Well. Since it appears nobody is eager to hire my services, could you favour me with a little money instead?
嗯。您看，几乎没有人愿意聘请我，我，我想你能否帮帮忙借我一点钱？
5.
Though wind power has its opponents, too, its environmental virtues might be enough to swing things in its favour if it were also reliable.
尽管对于风力发电也有反对者，但是如果风能可靠的话，那么其清洁环保的特点足以赢得广泛的支持。
6.
Here they were, regular customers, and she had turned them all down in favour of this comparative stranger.
顾客们到了，她把几个常来的客人弃在一边不管，去应酬这位比较陌生的顾客。
7.
In interpreting this posted-workers directive, the court came down in favour of the Latvian firm, and against Swedish strikers.
在解释“派驻劳工”指引时，该法院也支持拉脱维亚公司，反对瑞典的罢工工人。
8.
A growing number of followers would like to see him step down in favour of the younger interior minister, Roberto Maroni.
越来越多的追随者希望他引退，为年轻些的内政部长罗伯托•马罗尼让位。
9.
The assertion that your right should take precedence over mine is unlikely to find favour with me if it is put in the form of a demand.
如果你要求将你的权利摆在我的权利之前，我一定不会答应。
10.
Bart Chilton, the commissioner most adamantly in favour of these limits, said the mooted rules "actually err on the high side" .
最坚定支持实行这些限制的CFTC委员巴特•奇尔顿（BartChilton）表示，这些拟议中的规定“实际上偏向于宽松”。