| 单词 | to find favour in the eyes of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto find favour in the eyes of a. Propitious or friendly regard, goodwill, esp. on the part of a superior or a multitude. to find favour in the eyes of (originally a Hebraism): to gain the goodwill of. †Formerly also with a and plural: A liking, preference. †to have a favour to: to have a liking or regard for. to curry favour: corruption of to curry favel at curry v.1 5a; see favel n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > favour > [noun] well-likinglOE gracec1300 favoura1340 grace and favour1542 rooma1591 propitiation1639 good graces1670 beaux yeux1828 the mind > emotion > love > liking or favourable regard > [noun] loveeOE well-likinglOE favoura1340 liking1340 greea1400 study?c1400 benevolence1423 lustc1430 carec1540 goût1586 like1589 infection1600 predilection1626 notion1789 grá1833 shindy1855 hard-on1949 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > goodwill or kind intention goodwilleOE favoura1340 well-willinga1382 well-meaninga1393 good nature?c1450 voillancea1500 well-disposedness1606 bon-accordc1650 well-meaningness1663 well-naturedness1679 well-intentionedness1799 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xxiv. 3 Þai doe wickidly, to get þaim þe fauour..of þis warld. c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 434 & fals not þe gospel for favor of men. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Cor. xvi. 23 The favoure of the lorde Jesus Christ be with you all. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xliii[iv]. 3 Thou haddest a fauoure vnto them. [So in 1611.] c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 5419 The Mirmydouns his men, þat mekill ioy hade, And fayuer of þat fre, þen any folke ellis. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Evi An other woulde haue the fauoure of the Swychers wonne with money. 1584 H. Llwyd & D. Powel Hist. Cambria 94 To procure him the Kings Fauour. 1611 Bible (King James) Esther v. 8 I haue found fauour in the sight of the king. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. iv. 7 Is he inconstant sir, in his fauours . View more context for this quotation 1641 Duke of Hamilton in Hamilton Papers (1880) 106 Your Maty..of whose..favour I have had so manie..testimonyes. 1700 J. Dryden tr. G. Boccaccio Theodore & Honoria in Fables 258 He..found no favour in his Ladies Eyes. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. 247 Such assiduous zeal secured the favour of the saint. 1807 G. Crabbe Hall of Justice ii, in Poems 242 His Favour was my Bliss and Pride. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. x. 265 His young Life-guardsman, for whom he seemed to have taken a special favour. 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece V. 309 The oration..opens with a congratulation on the favour of heaven. 1866 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighb. (1878) xiii. 271 To create a favour toward each other. < as lemmas |
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