favor
favor 英 ['feɪvə] 美 ['fevɚ]
vt. 优惠，偏袒；有利于； n. 偏爱，有利
进行时:favoring 过去式:favored 过去分词:favored 第三人称单数:favors 名词复数:favors
- A favor is an act of kindness, like doing your friend a favor by letting her borrow your calculator to take the big math test.
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- vt. 优惠，偏袒；有利于；
- n. 偏爱，有利
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1. Could you do me a favor and move the box for me?
你能帮我个忙 搬下这个盒子吗？
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2. Can I ask a favor?
请帮个忙行吗？
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3. I'll ask Steve to take it. He owes me a favor.
我要请史蒂夫接受，他欠我一个人情。
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4. Do yourself a favor and wear a helmet on the bike.
要照顾自己，骑车戴上头盔。
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5. The programme has lost favor with viewers recently.
近来这个节目已不受观众欢迎。
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6. As an examiner, she showed no favor to any candidate.
作为主考人她没有偏袒任何应试者。
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7. The treaty seems to favor the US.
这项条约似乎偏向美国。
- favor (n.) c. 1300, "attractiveness, beauty, charm" (archaic), from Old French favor "a favor; approval, praise; applause; partiality" (13c., Modern French faveur), from Latin favorem (nominative favor) "good will, inclination, partiality, support," coined by Cicero from stem of favere "to show kindness to," from PIE *ghow-e- "to honor, revere, worship" (cognate: Old Norse ga "to heed").
- favor (v.) mid-14c., "to regard with favor, indulge, treat with partiality," from Old French favorer, from favor "a favor, partiality" (see favor (n.)). Meaning "to resemble, look somewhat like" is from c. 1600. Related: Favored; favoring.
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