1.赞同;支持;喜爱If you regard something or someone withfavour, you like or support them.

e.g. It remains to be seen if the show will still findfavour with a 1990s audience...这个节目是否能继续赢得 90 后观众的喜爱，还要拭目以待。e.g. No one would look withfavour on the continuing military rule...没有人会赞成继续军政府统治。

2.恩惠;帮忙If youdo someonea favour, you do something for them even though you do not have to.

e.g. I've come to ask you to do me afavour...我来这儿是想请你帮个忙。e.g. These are gestures of genuine friendship with no favours expected in return.这是友谊的真正表现，不期待任何回报。

3.与人发生性关系If you say that one person gives or sells theirfavours to another, you mean that they have sex.

e.g. In her extreme youth, Maria had sold her sexual favours for money.玛丽亚在非常年轻的时候，曾靠卖淫来赚钱。

4.更喜爱;宁愿;倾向于If youfavour something, you prefer it to the other choices available.

e.g. The French say theyfavour a transition to democracy...法国人说他们倾向于向民主过渡。e.g. He favours bringing the UN into touch with 'modern realities'.他倾向于让联合国接触“当代现实”。

5.偏爱;偏袒;宠爱If youfavour someone, you treat them better or in a kinder way than you treat other people.

e.g. The Government came under fire yesterday for favouring elitist arts groups in the South-east...昨天，政府因为偏袒东南部的一些精英艺术群体而遭到抨击。e.g. Another possibility is that parentsfavour chicks that are strong.另一种可能性是亲鸟会偏爱强壮的雏鸟。

6.支持;赞成If you arein favour of something, you support it and think that it is a good thing.

e.g. I wouldn't be infavour of income tax cuts...我不会支持削减所得税。e.g. Yet this is a Government which proclaims that it is all infavour of openness...但这却是个宣称全力支持开放的政府。

7.认为…正确;认为…有理If someone makes a judgmentin yourfavour, they say that you are right about something.

e.g. If the commission rules in Mr Welch'sfavour the case will go to the European Court of Human Rights.如果委员会裁定韦尔奇有理，这个案件将送交欧洲人权法庭。

8.对…有利If something isin yourfavour, it helps you or gives you an advantage.

e.g. The protection that farmers have enjoyed amounts to a bias infavour of the countryside...农民所受的保护几乎变成了对乡村的偏袒。e.g. Firms are trying to shift the balance of power in the labour market back in theirfavour.各公司正在试图让劳动力市场的均势向有利于自己的方向倾斜。

9.(舍弃某物)宁愿选择;选…(而不选…)If one thing is rejectedin favour of another, the second thing is done or chosen instead of the first.

e.g. The policy was rejected infavour 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。

10.受宠／失宠;得势／失势If someone or something isin favour, people like or support them. If they areout of favour, people no longer like or support them.