disfavor sb/sth
及物动词，直接跟受到影响的人或事物作宾语。
The new tax rules disfavor small businesses.
新的税收规则使小企业处于不利地位。
不赞成；冷待
to put at a disadvantage; to hinder or harm
使处于不利地位；妨碍,损害
put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm
一般现在时
The committee disfavors the proposed changes.
委员会不赞成提议的变更。
现在进行时
The manager is disfavoring the new policy.
经理正在冷待新政策。
一般过去时
They disfavored his application without reason.
他们毫无理由地拒绝了他的申请。
规则动词
The committee disfavored the proposal due to budget concerns.
委员会因预算问题不赞成该提案。
用法提示：disfavor 作为动词，表示“不赞成”。
She felt disfavored by her colleagues after the disagreement.
争执之后，她感到被同事冷待。
用法提示：disfavored 是过去分词，表示“被冷待”。
His unconventional methods were disfavored by the traditional management.
他的非常规方法不被传统管理层看好。
用法提示：disfavored 是过去分词，表示“不被看好”。
及物动词，直接跟受到影响的人或事物作宾语。
The new tax rules disfavor small businesses.
新的税收规则使小企业处于不利地位。
被动形式常用来说明某群体因规则或制度而处于不利地位。
Renters are disfavored by the current housing policy.
租房者因现行住房政策而处于不利地位。
relative to 引出比较对象，说明对谁更不利。
The system disfavors part-time workers relative to full-time employees.
该制度使兼职员工相比全职员工处于不利地位。
grammar · medium
易错句子The new rules disfavor against part-time workers.
正确表达The new rules disfavor part-time workers.
disfavor 是及物动词，后面直接跟宾语，不能像 discriminate against 那样加介词 against；这里的 against 是受汉语“对……不利”影响而多用的。
grammar · medium
易错句子The new tax policy is a disfavor to small businesses.
正确表达The new tax policy disfavors small businesses.
表示“使处于不利地位”时，disfavor 是动词，不能当作可数名词说 a disfavor；应直接用 disfavor + 宾语，或改用 disadvantage。
在“使某人或某群体处于不利地位”这一语境中，两者都可译作“使…处于不利地位”；但 disadvantage 作动词时中心意思就是造成条件或竞争上的不利，而 disfavor 在此义项还包含“妨碍、损害”的意味。
hinder 强调拖慢或阻止进展，常见结构是 hinder progress 或 hinder sb from doing sth；disfavor 表示使处于不利地位或损害，通常直接接受影响的人或事物，不接 from doing。
harm 侧重造成实际的伤害或损失，宾语多为身体、健康、利益等；disfavor 侧重使人或事物处于不利地位、受到妨碍，不一定造成直接伤害。
favor (base)
favor + -able
un- + favorable
favorable + -ly
favor + -ed
favorit(e) + -ism
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