Word · Frequency #2781
favours
恩惠；赞同；偏爱
favours is the plural of favour.
British standard spelling of favor
英式拼写
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British standard spelling of favor.
favor的英式拼写。
favor的英式拼写。；好感；偏爱；喜爱；相信
In use
Could you do me a favour and help me carry these boxes?
The committee voted in favour of the new policy.
The teacher should not show favour to any particular student.
do sb a favour
常用于请求帮助。
Could you do me a favour and close the window?
你能帮我一个忙关上窗户吗？
ask a favour of sb
正式说法，也可用 ask sb a favour。
She asked a favour of her colleague to cover her shift.
她请求同事帮忙代班。
in favour of
表示支持或赞成。
The committee voted in favour of the proposal.
委员会投票支持该提案。
find favour with sb
表示获得某人的好感或认可。
The new policy found favour with the employees.
新政策得到了员工的赞同。
Common mistakes
Can I ask a favour to you?Can I ask a favour of you?
英语中，'ask a favour'后接被请求的人时，需用介词 'of' 或直接用人作宾语，而不用 'to'。
I am in favour to your proposal.I am in favour of your proposal.
固定短语 'in favour of' 表示支持某事物，介词必须用 'of'，不能用 'to'。
Connections
Collocations
- do someone a favour
- 帮某人一个忙
- Could you do me a favour and close the window?你能帮我一个忙关一下窗户吗？
- ask a favour
- 请求帮忙
- She asked me a favour to look after her cat.她请求我帮忙照看她的猫。
- in favour of
- 支持，赞同
- Most people are in favour of the new policy.大多数人支持这项新政策。
- find favour with
- 受…青睐，被…接受
- His proposal found favour with the committee.他的提议得到了委员会的青睐。
- curry favour
- 讨好，拍马屁
- He tried to curry favour with his boss by agreeing with everything.他试图通过赞成一切来讨好老板。
- return the favour
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 favour 拆解为 'fa' (发) + 'vour' (like '为你')，想象别人为你发出一份恩惠或偏爱你。
Context & Register
register: neutral; contexts: personal preference, decision-making; note_zh: 此义项表示“好感”或“偏爱”，多用于表达支持或倾向，日常和正式场合均可使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
The words 'flavour' (/ˈfleɪvə/) and 'savour' (/ˈseɪvə/) share the same stressed vowel /eɪ/ and following sounds /və/ as 'favour', thus are exact rhymes. Words like 'neighbour' (/ˈneɪbə/), 'colour' (/ˈkʌlə/), 'honour' (/ˈɒnə/), and 'labour' (/ˈleɪbə/) end in '-our' but have different consonant or vowel endings, so they do not rhyme.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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