| 单词 | to the disfavour of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto the disfavour of 4. in (the) disfavour of, to the disfavour of: to the disadvantage of, so as to be unfavourable to. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > disadvantageously [phrase] > to the disadvantage of to a person's cost?1531 in (the) disfavour of1590 to the disfavour of1858 1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes iv. f. 125 The disposition is thereby void: and that in disfauour of the testator. 1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 99 He was not bounde to obey, if it were in his disfavour. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 211. ⁋3 Acquaintance has been lost through a general Prepossession in his Disfavour. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxxiv. 333 The first comparisons were drawn between us—always in my disfavour. 1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. 208 That actions of doubtful bearing should be construed to their disfavour. < as lemmas |
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