disfavour sb/sth
及物动词，后接受影响的人或事物作宾语。
The new rules disfavour small businesses.
新规定使小企业处于不利地位。
使处于不利地位；妨碍；损害
disfavouring — present participle of disfavour
不喜欢；冷待；不赞成；受冷遇
使处于不利地位；妨碍,损害
put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm
一般现在时
She disfavours any changes to the plan.
她不赞成对计划做任何改动。
一般过去时
The committee disfavoured his proposal last year.
委员会去年不赞成他的提议。
现在进行时
The manager is disfavouring his application for some reason.
经理出于某种原因正在冷待他的申请。
常用于正式或书面语，表示不喜欢或不赞成。
The manager disfavoured the proposal because it was too risky.
经理不赞成这个提议，因为它风险太大。
用法提示：动词原形，表示不赞成。
She felt disfavoured by her colleagues after the disagreement.
那次分歧之后，她感觉受到了同事的冷待。
用法提示：过去分词，表示被冷待。
The committee is disfavouring any project that exceeds the budget.
委员会正在冷待任何超出预算的项目。
用法提示：现在分词，表示正在冷待。
及物动词，后接受影响的人或事物作宾语。
The new rules disfavour small businesses.
新规定使小企业处于不利地位。
被动结构，说明某人或某事物因某因素而处于不利地位。
Small firms are disfavoured by the current tax system.
小企业受到现行税制的不利对待。
grammar · medium
易错句子In this system, small shops disfavour.
正确表达In this system, small shops are disfavoured.
disfavour 是及物动词，意为“使处于不利地位”；当主语是受到不利影响的一方时，必须用被动语态 be disfavoured。汉语“小商店处于不利地位”没有被动形式，直接套用会漏掉 be 和过去分词 -ed。
grammar · medium
易错句子The new rules disfavour to hire women.
正确表达The new rules disfavour hiring women.
disfavour 后面接名词或动名词作宾语，不能接不定式。受汉语“不利于雇用女性”影响，学习者容易在动词后加 to，应改为动名词 hiring。
grammar · medium
易错句子Older workers are disfavoured from the new policy.
正确表达Older workers are disfavoured by the new policy.
被动语态中，引出施动者或不利用来源用介词 by；汉语“受到……的不利影响”里的“受到”不能直译成 from，应改为 by。
两者都可作动词表示“使处于不利地位”，但 disadvantage 更常用，尤其见于 be disadvantaged by 这类被动结构；disfavour 作动词较正式、较少用，英式拼写为 disfavour，美式拼写为 disfavor。
hinder 侧重阻碍进程、行动或发展，宾语常是 progress、efforts 等；disfavour 侧重使某人或某群体处于不利地位，常含不公平对待意味。hinder 不能替换表示“使处于劣势”的 disfavour。
拼写相近但意思不同：disfigure 指损毁外观或容貌；disfavour 作动词指使处于不利地位，英式拼写为 disfavour，美式拼写为 disfavor。
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