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a thing that you do to help somebody 帮助；好事；恩惠 Could you do me a favour and pick up Sam from school today? 今天你能帮我个忙去学校接萨姆吗？ Can I ask a favour? 请帮个忙行吗？ I would never ask for any favours from her. 我再也不会请她帮任何忙了。 I'll ask Steve to take it. He owes me a favour. 我要让史蒂夫接受，他欠我一个人情。 Thanks for helping me out. I'll return the favour (= help you because you have helped me) some time. 多谢你帮了我个大忙。总有一天我会报答你的。 - as a favour (to somebody)
I'm going as a favour to Ann, not because I want to. 我去是给安一个面子，而不是我想去。 Do yourself a favour (= help yourself) and wear a helmet on the bike. 要照顾自己，骑车戴上头盔。
Express Yourself Asking for permission/a favourAsking for permission/a favour 请求允许或帮助 You are more likely to get what you want if you can ask for it politely. Here are some ways of asking whether you may do something: 礼貌的请求更可能达成愿望，以下是询问是否可以做某事的一些表达方式： Would you mind if I opened the window? 你会介意我开窗吗？
Could I possibly borrow your phone? 我借你的电话用一下好吗？
I hate to ask, but could I please borrow your phone? 冒昧打扰了，我能借你的电话用一下吗？
Do you happen to have a pair of gloves I could borrow for the evening? 你有没有适合出席晚会的手套可以借给我？
Would it be all right if I left five minutes early? 我提前五分钟离开可以吗？
Is there any chance that we could stay at your house the night before our flight? 我们有没有可能在航班出发的前一天晚上住在你家？
Would it be OK to leave my bag here? 我把包留在这儿行吗？
回应： Yes, of course. 行，当然可以。
Go ahead. 可以。
That's fine. 没问题。
I'd rather you didn't, if you don't mind. 如果你不介意的话，最好别这么做。
I'd prefer it if you asked somebody else. 也许你问问别人更好。
If there's someone else you can ask, I'd be grateful. 请您再问问其他人。
Extra ExamplesHe needed another favour from her. 他还需要她帮一个忙。 Although I am friends with the tennis ace, I don't expect any favours from him on court. 虽然我和那个王牌网球选手是朋友，但我并不期望赛场上他能给我什么照顾。 As a personal favour to me, please don't release my story to the press. 请不要将我的事告诉媒体，算是帮我的忙吧。 Do yourself a favour and cut your credit cards in half. 帮帮自己，把信用卡的数量减少一半吧。 Thanks very much. I'll return the favour one day. 非常感谢，有一天我会报答你的。 I came here to ask you a big favour. 我来这儿想请你帮个大忙。 I don't expect any favours from my friends on the tennis court. 我不指望我的朋友在网球场上给我什么照顾。 I'll ask Jane. She owes me a favour. 我去找找简，她欠我个人情。 Rodrigo accepted the favours bestowed on him by the new king. 罗德里戈接受了新任国王赐予他的恩赏。 She had one last favour to ask her brother. 她最后还要请她的哥哥帮一个忙。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- great
- huge
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- ask
- expect
- bestow
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approval or support for somebody/something 赞同；支持 Artists sought the favour of wealthy patrons. 艺术家谋求富有的赞助人的支持。 - favour with somebody
The suggestion to close the road has found favour with (= been supported by) local people. 关闭这条路的建议已得到当地人的支持。 to gain/win/lose favour with somebody 赢得/赢得/失去某人的好感 The programme has lost favour with viewers recently. 近来这个节目已不受观众欢迎。 - favour among somebody
The policy is gaining favour among voters. 这项政策越来越受到选民的欢迎。 - in favour (with somebody)
She's not in favour with (= supported or liked by) the media just now. 目前她没有媒体的捧场。 It seems Tim is back in favour with the boss (= the boss likes him again). 看来蒂姆又赢得了老板的好感。 - out of favour (with somebody)
Reality TV has begun to fall out of favour with viewers. 真人秀已经开始不受观众的欢迎。 an athlete who fell from favour after a drugs scandal 在毒品丑闻以后不再受人喜爱的运动员 - (formal)
The government looks with favour upon (= approves of) the report's recommendations. 政府赞同报告所提出的建议。
Extra ExamplesDepth of training is looked upon with favour by many employers. 许多雇主看重培训的深度。 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。 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。 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。 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。 The bishop was said to have enjoyed the king's favour. 据说主教得到了国王的支持。 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 argument found favour among advocates of multiculturalism. 这一主张得到了多元文化倡导者的支持。 This did not meet with public favour. 这没有获得公众的支持。 This idea has long since fallen out of favour. 这一观点很早以前就不再受欢迎了。 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。 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？ 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- great
- high
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- be in
- enjoy
- have
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- in favour of
- in somebody’s/something’s favour
- favour among
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- an argument in somebody/something’s favour
- a bias in somebody/something’s favour
- look with favour on somebody/something
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treatment that is generous to one person or group in a way that seems unfair to others 特别照顾；偏袒；偏爱 - favor(also party favor)[countable, usually plural] (North American English)
a small gift given to children at a party 青睐： 在聚会上送给孩子们的小礼物 - favours[plural] (old-fashioned)
agreement to have sex with somebody 同意性交 demands for sexual favours 对性交的要求
help帮助
approval赞同
better treatment优惠
party gift聚会小礼物
sex性
Word OriginMiddle English (in the noun sense ‘liking, preference’): via Old French from Latin favor, from favere ‘show kindness to’ (related to fovere ‘cherish’).
Idioms
the cards/odds are stacked in your favour
you are likely to succeed because the conditions are good and you have an advantage 形势对你有利
curry favour (with somebody)
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to try to get somebody to like or support you by praising or helping them a lot 讨好；奉承；拍马屁 He’s always trying to curry favour with the boss. 他总是想方设法拍老板马屁。 He tried to curry favour with the teachers. 他尽力巴结老师。
do me a favour!
do somebody no favours
in favour (of somebody/something)
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if you are in favour of somebody/something, you support and agree with them/it 赞同；支持 He argued in favour of a strike. 他据理力争主张罢工。 There were 247 votes in favour (of the motion) and 152 against. 有 247 票赞成（动议），152 票反对。 I'm all in favour of (= completely support) equal pay for equal work. 我完全支持同工同酬。 Most of the ‘don't knows’ in the opinion polls came down in favour of (= eventually chose to support) the Democrats. 在民意测验中多数未作决定的选民最终决定支持民主党人。
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentb1He is strongly in favour of capital punishment. 他强烈支持死刑。 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。 She argued in favour of this policy. 她在争论中赞成这项政策。 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。 an argument in favour of censorship 支持审查制度的主张 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。
in exchange for another thing (because the other thing is better or you want it more) 为获得（更好或更需要的事物）
in somebody’s favour
if something is in somebody’s favour, it gives them an advantage or helps them 有利于某人；有助于某人 The exchange rate is in our favour at the moment. 目前汇率对我们有利。 She was willing to bend the rules in Mary's favour. 她愿意放宽规定以有利于玛丽。 The golf tournament went in the Americans' favour. 美国队在高尔夫锦标赛中获胜。
a decision or judgement that is in somebody’s favour benefits that person or says that they were right （决定）对某人有利；（判决）判某人正确 The court decided in Ms Smith’s favour and she received compensation for unfair dismissal. 法院做出了有利于史密斯女士的判决，她因不公平解雇获得了赔偿。 The High Court found in favour of the plaintiffs. 高等法院判定原告胜诉。
without fear or favour
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in a fair way 公正地；不偏不倚 They undertook to make their judgement without fear or favour. 他们承诺做出自己的判断，不畏惧也不偏袒。