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nounverb Could you do me a favour and pick up Sam from school today? 今天你能帮我个忙去学校接萨姆吗？ Can I ask a favour? 请帮个忙行吗？ I would never ask for any favours from her. 我再也不会请她帮任何忙了。 I'm going as a favour to Ann, not because I want to. 我去是给安一个面子，而不是我想去。 I'll ask Steve to take it. He owes me a favour. 我要让史蒂夫接受，他欠我一个人情。 Thanks for helping me out. I'll return the favour (= help you because you have helped me) some time. 多谢你帮了我个大忙。总有一天我会报答你的。 Do yourself a favour (= help yourself) and wear a helmet on the bike. 要照顾自己，骑车戴上头盔。 The suggestion to close the road has found favour with (= been supported by) local people. 关闭这条路的建议已得到当地人的支持。 The programme has lost favour with viewers recently. 近来这个节目已不受观众欢迎。 an athlete who fell from favour after a drugs scandal在毒品丑闻以后不再受人喜爱的运动员 (formal) The government looks with favour upon (= approves of) the report's recommendations. 政府赞同报告所提出的建议。 She's not in favour with (= supported or liked by) the media just now. 目前她没有媒体的捧场。 It seems Tim is back in favour with the boss (= the boss likes him again). 看来蒂姆又赢得了老板的好感。 As an examiner, she showed no favour to any candidate. 作为主考人她没有偏袒任何应试者。 demands for sexual favours对性交的要求 He’s always trying to curry favour with the boss. ‘Do you think they'll win?’ ‘Do me a favour! They haven't got a single decent player.’ “你认为他们会赢吗？” “得了吧！他们连一个像样的运动员都没有。” You're not doing yourself any favours, working for nothing. 你干活不取报酬，对自己没有任何好处。 The orchestra did Beethoven no favours. 这个交响乐团没有把贝多芬的乐曲演奏好。 He argued in favour of a strike. 他据理力争主张罢工。 There were 247 votes in favour (of the motion) and 152 against.有 247 票赞成（动议），152 票反对。 I'm all in favour of (= completely support) equal pay for equal work. 我完全支持同工同酬。 Most of the ‘don't knows’ in the opinion polls came down in favour of (= eventually chose to support) the Democrats. 在民意测验中多数未作决定的选民最终决定支持民主党人。 He abandoned teaching in favour of a career as a musician. 他弃教从事音乐。 The exchange rate is in our favour at the moment. 目前汇率对我们有利。 She was willing to bend the rules in Mary's favour. 她愿意放宽规定以有利于玛丽。 The court decided in Ms Smith’s favour and she received compensation for unfair dismissal. They undertook to make their judgement without fear or favour.Would you mind if I opened the window?你会介意我开窗吗？ Could I possibly borrow your phone?我借你的电话用一下好吗？ I hate to ask, but could I please borrow your phone?冒昧打扰了，我能借你的电话用一下吗？ Do you happen to have a pair of gloves I could borrow for the evening?你有没有适合出席晚会的手套可以借给我？ Would it be all right if I left five minutes early?我提前五分钟离开可以吗？ Is there any chance that we could stay at your house the night before our flight?我们有没有可能在航班出发的前一天晚上住在你家？ Would it be OK to leave my bag here?我把包留在这儿行吗？ Yes, of course.好的，当然可以。 Go ahead.可以。 That's fine.没问题。 I'd rather you didn't, if you don't mind.如果你不介意的话，最好别这么做。 I'd prefer it if you asked somebody else.也许你问问别人更好。 If there's someone else you can ask, I'd be grateful.请您再问问其他人。 Although I am friends with the tennis ace, I don’t expect any favours from him on court. Artists sought the favour of wealthy patrons. As a personal favour to me, please don’t release my story to the press. Depth of training is looked upon with favour by many employers. Do yourself a favour and cut your credit cards in half. Early in his musical career he abandoned blues in favour of jazz. Environmental conservation generally works in favour of maintaining the status quo. He is strongly in favour of capital punishment. He needed another favour from her. He stood in high favour at the court of Lewis the Pious. He tried to curry favour with the teachers. Her political views have not found favour in recent years. I came here to ask you a big favour. I don’t expect any favours from my friends on the tennis court. I’ll ask Jane. She owes me a favour. In the Christian tradition, the world exists only as an act of divine favour. No one was willing to speak out in favour of their colleague. Rodrigo accepted the favours bestowed on him by the new king. She argued in favour of this policy. She had one last favour to ask her brother. She is too popular with the public to find much favour with the critics. Thanks very much. I’ll return the favour one day. The High Court found in favour of the plaintiffs. The bishop was said to have enjoyed the king’s favour. The committee came down in favour of setting up a national body. The golf tournament went in the Americans’ favour. The senior officials were punished and rapidly fell from favour. This argument found favour among advocates of multiculturalism. This did not meet with public favour. This idea has long since fallen out of favour. This piece of software has two points in its favour: it’s fast and inexpensive. Traditionally, vigilante groups have found greater favour on the political right. Why are we trying to court the favour of critics? an argument in favour of censorship It seems Tim is back in favour with the boss. 看来蒂姆又赢得了老板的好感。 She’s not in favour with the media just now. 目前她没有媒体的捧场。 The government looks with favour upon the report’s recommendations. 政府赞同报告所提出的建议。 The show has lost favour with viewers recently. The suggestion to close the road has found favour with local people. 关闭这条路的建议已得到当地人的支持。 Many countries favour a presidential system of government. 很多国家选择总统制政府。 It’s a resort favoured by families with young children. The treaty seems to favour the US. 这项条约似乎偏向美国。 My parents always favoured my older brother. The warm climate favours many types of tropical plants. 温暖的气候对多种热带植物生长有利。 She definitely favours her father. 她酷似她父亲。 Haitians especially favour seafoods. He favoured some individuals at the expense of others. I personally favour this last option. News coverage should not favour one party over another. Pot plants are increasingly favoured as gifts by guests. She continues to favour large-scale developments. The Democrat candidate is favoured for re-election. The polls slightly favour the Republicans. The prime minister is thought to favour an early referendum on the issue. We strongly favour reform of the system. It’s a resort favoured by families with young children. |