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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？
恩惠；赞同；偏爱
favours — plural of favour
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恩惠；赞同；偏爱
British standard spelling of favor
Could you do me a favour and close the window?
你能帮我一个忙关上窗户吗？
英式拼写
favor的英式拼写。
British standard spelling of favor.
Could you do me a favour and help me carry these boxes?
你能帮我一个忙，帮我搬这些箱子吗？
The committee voted in favour of the new policy.
委员会投票支持新政策。
The teacher should not show favour to any particular student.
老师不应偏袒任何特定学生。
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？
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。
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。
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。
Not this
Can I ask a favour to you?
Use this
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'。
Not this
I am in favour to your proposal.
Use this
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'。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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？
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。
支持，赞同
Most people are in favour of the new policy.
大多数人支持这项新政策。
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。
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。
回报恩惠，还人情
You helped me last week, so I'll return the favour now.
你上周帮了我，现在我来回报你。
帮某人一个忙
Could you do me a favour and pass the salt?
你能帮我一个忙，把盐递过来吗？
支持，赞成
Most people are in favour of the new policy.
大多数人都支持这项新政策。
讨好，奉承（某人）
He tried to curry favour with his boss by working overtime.
他试图通过加班来讨好老板。
艳丽是虚假的，美容是虚浮的；惟敬畏耶和华的妇女必得称赞。
She did him a favour by helping with his homework.
她帮他做作业，算是给了他一个恩惠。
Use favours naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
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。
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。
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.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.