favour
英 ['feɪvə]***美 [ˈfevɚ]
中文词源
- favour
- favour: [14] Latin favēre meant ‘regard favourably, side with protect’. It came ultimately from Indo-European *dhegh-, *dhogh- ‘burn’, which also produced Latin fovēre ‘heat, cherish’ (source of English foment [15]) and English day. From it was derived the Latin noun favor, which passed into English via Old French favour. Favourite [16] came via early modern French favorit from Italian favorito, the past participle of the verb favorire ‘favour’.
=> day, foment - favour
- chiefly British English spelling of favor (q.v.); for spelling, see -or. Related: Favourite; favouritism.
双语例句
- 1. You did us a great favour by disposing of that problem.
- 你解决了那个问题，可算是帮了我们一个大忙。
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- 2. The newspaper is now weighted in favour of trivia.
- 这份报纸如今倾向于报道一些花边消息。
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- 3. The vote passed with 111 in favour and 25 against.
- 111票赞成，25票反对，表决通过。
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- 4. I'm sorry to call so late, but I need a favour.
- 这么晚打电话真是抱歉，可是我需要帮个忙。
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- 5. The policy was rejected in favour of a more cautious approach.
- 这项政策未被采纳，取而代之的是一项较为谨慎的策略。
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