| 单词 | favor |
| 释义 | fa·vor I. 1. archaic a. b. c. 2. a. (1) < a politican attempting to keep the favor of the voters > (2) < look with favor upon an enterprise > < enjoy favor in an enterprise > (3) obsolete < his chief delight and favor — John Milton > b. < the judge showed favor toward the plaintiff > < the students naturally showed favor toward their own team > c. archaic d. archaic e. < it was a fad, something that would lose favor quickly > 3. a. < enjoying the favor of a rich and generous patron > also < showering favors on the needy and deserving > b. archaic c. favors plural < vying for the king's favors > also < magazines paid well for the young writer's favors > 4. a. b. < the younger element snapped frilly favors which blossomed into frivolous paper hats — Silas Spitzer > c. < wore the Republican party favor > 5. a. < have the favor of a new trial > < grant a favor to a good friend > < dropped his sword and shouted for mercy, a favor that the Roman was pleased to bestow — L.C.Douglas > b. < her niece, a prostitute, had been granting her favors to policemen — M.R.Werner > < a young woman … worked for a publishing firm and was generally supposed to have granted the ultimate favor to every male author on the list who sold over 20,000 copies — Clifton Fadiman > 6. archaic 7. a. < a man who acts only in his own favor > b. < of the speed of the two swimmers there is a slight favor for the first > • - in favor of - in one's favor - out of favor - under favor II. 1. a. < favor any bill that cuts my taxes > < as a father he favored little girls > also < the board favored the protection of labor without freezing it — Current Biography > b. < the author favored us with a copy of his latest book > also < he was favored with great intelligence and phenomenal good looks > c. < like a hound favoring a sore foot — Nelson Algren > < sorry to hear you had a return of your rheumatism — I do hope you will favor yourself more — Walt Whitman > d. < typically tends to favor himself with special foods and laborsaving devices > 2. a. < the jurors clearly favored the defendant > < a favored class of citizens > : side with < the neutral nations seemed to favor neither side > : to regard above others : prefer < the patient said he would favor a harder bed > especially < certain favored movie stars > < the most favored gun on the skeet field today … seems to be the very heavy 12-gauge autoloader — Bob Nichols > b. < the Russians are favored to win — Samuel Reshevsky > c. < in the spring, suits favored moderately full to very wide skirt hemlines — Collier's Year Book > 3. a. < adducing facts which favored his contention > : aid < he felt that God was favoring him in his efforts > b. < the continued good weather distinctly favored the vacation trade > : be propitious for < a wind favoring their speedy return > < high humidity favored the incidence of disease — G.G.Weigend > 4. < the daughter rather favored the father's side of the family > Synonyms: < a number of wealthy and influential Newport folk favored dramatic performances, although a majority of their fellow citizens continued to condemn them — American Guide Series: Rhode Island > < in general the marshmen favor a broad, roomy canoe — Wilfred Thesiger > < we had been favored by tail winds and would put down at Idlewild — Bennett Cerf > < the summer weather at Maudheim favored the formation of this type of snow — Valter Schytt > countenance may indicate mere toleration; it may imply more positive favoring < really fail to see why you should countenance immorality just to please your father — Sheila Kaye-Smith > < her popularity had been retrieved, grievances against her silenced, her past countenanced, and her present irradiated by the family approval — Edith Wharton > < several of them appeared at the bar to countenance him when he was tried at the Horsham assizes — T.B.Macaulay > encourage indicates heartening stimulation, inciting or inducing especially by expressions of approval, confidence, liking, or comfort < openly encouraged from Germany and Italy, fascist organizations, although from time to time banned, carried on insidious and demoralizing propaganda — F.A.Ogg and Harold Zink > < encouraged her in her ambition to be an actress — Current Biography > Synonym: see in addition oblige. |
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