favoured

英 [ˈfeɪvəd]

美 [ˈfeɪvərd]

adj.  受到宠爱的; 得到偏爱的; 获得优惠的; 大众喜爱的; 称心如意的; 中意的
v.  较喜欢; 选择; 优惠; 特别照顾; 偏袒; 有助于; 有利于
favour的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：favoured　过去式：favoured　

BNC.6988 / COCA.42937

牛津词典

adj.

• 受到宠爱的；得到偏爱的；获得优惠的
  treated in a special way or receiving special help or advantages in a way that may seem unfair
  1. a member of the President's favoured circle of advisers
     总统宠爱的顾问班子中的一员
• 大众喜爱的
  preferred by most people
  1. the favoured candidate
     公众喜爱的候选人
• 称心如意的；中意的
  particularly pleasant and worth having
  1. Their house is in a very favoured position near the park.
     他们的房子在公园附近一个很惬意的地段。

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 favor


• N-UNCOUNT 赞同;支持;喜爱
  If you regard something or someone withfavour, you like or support them.
  1. It remains to be seen if the show will still find favour with a 1990s audience...
     这个节目是否能继续赢得 90 后观众的喜爱，还要拭目以待。
  2. No one would look with favour on the continuing military rule...
     没有人会赞成继续军政府统治。
  3. He has won favour with a wide range of interest groups.
     他已经获得众多利益集团的支持。
• N-COUNT 恩惠;帮忙
  If youdosomeonea favour, you do something for them even though you do not have to.
  1. I've come to ask you to do me a favour...
     我来这儿是想请你帮个忙。
  2. These are gestures of genuine friendship with no favours expected in return.
     这是友谊的真正表现，不期待任何回报。
• N-PLURAL 与人发生性关系
  If you say that one person gives or sells theirfavoursto another, you mean that they have sex.
  1. In her extreme youth, Maria had sold her sexual favours for money.
     玛丽亚在非常年轻的时候，曾靠卖淫来赚钱。
• VERB 更喜爱;宁愿;倾向于
  If youfavoursomething, you prefer it to the other choices available.
  1. The French say they favour a transition to democracy...
     法国人说他们倾向于向民主过渡。
  2. He favours bringing the UN into touch with 'modern realities'.
     他倾向于让联合国接触“当代现实”。
• VERB 偏爱;偏袒;宠爱
  If youfavoursomeone, you treat them better or in a kinder way than you treat other people.
  1. The Government came under fire yesterday for favouring elitist arts groups in the South-east...
     昨天，政府因为偏袒东南部的一些精英艺术群体而遭到抨击。
  2. Another possibility is that parents favour chicks that are strong.
     另一种可能性是亲鸟会偏爱强壮的雏鸟。
• PHRASE 支持;赞成
  If you arein favour ofsomething, you support it and think that it is a good thing.
  1. I wouldn't be in favour of income tax cuts...
     我不会支持削减所得税。
  2. Yet this is a Government which proclaims that it is all in favour of openness...
     但这却是个宣称全力支持开放的政府。
  3. The vote passed with 111 in favour and 25 against.
     111 票赞成，25 票反对,表决通过。
• PHRASE 认为…正确;认为…有理
  If someone makes a judgmentinyourfavour, they say that you are right about something.
  1. If the commission rules in Mr Welch's favour the case will go to the European Court of Human Rights.
     如果委员会裁定韦尔奇有理，这个案件将送交欧洲人权法庭。
• PHRASE 对…有利
  If something isinyourfavour, it helps you or gives you an advantage.
  1. The protection that farmers have enjoyed amounts to a bias in favour of the countryside...
     农民所受的保护几乎变成了对乡村的偏袒。
  2. Firms are trying to shift the balance of power in the labour market back in their favour.
     各公司正在试图让劳动力市场的均势向有利于自己的方向倾斜。
• PHRASE (舍弃某物)宁愿选择;选…(而不选…)
  If one thing is rejectedin favour ofanother, the second thing is done or chosen instead of the first.
  1. The policy was rejected in favour of a more cautious approach.
     这项政策未被采纳，取而代之的是一项较为谨慎的策略。
• 受宠／失宠;得势／失势
  If someone or something isin favour, people like or support them. If they areout of favour, people no longer like or support them.

双语例句

• Favour or being favoured with gifts, services or entertainment;
  给予或接受礼物、服务或娱乐等形式的惠赠；
• Her name has been mentioned as a favoured leadership candidate.
  提到她的名字时，说她是领导职位的热门候选人。
• Changsha appears to be a favoured city, with several municipal institutions issuing bonds since April.
  长沙似乎获得了中央政府的青睐，自4月以来，长沙多家市级机构发行了债券。
• But, being in disgrace, I was not favoured with a description of the interesting objects she saw.
  但是，我已经失宠，没法听她把她所看见的有趣的东西描述一番。
• The minister favoured us with an interview.
  那位部长赏脸接见了我们一次。
• He favoured a middle course between free enterprise and state intervention
  他更倾向于在自由经营与国家干预之间走一条中庸之道。
• But outside Japan, Shiseido is a relatively niche brand, favoured more by well-heeled consumers.
  但在日本以外地区，资生堂是一个相对小众的品牌，更受那些富裕讲究的消费者的喜爱。
• The weather favoured us.
  天公作美。
• The producers of internationally traded goods and services would be favoured, even more than they have been lately.
  外贸货物及服务的生产商将受到追捧，甚至比他们最近的受宠程度还要高。
• Though the Vikings showed no uniformity of dress, they did have favoured styles and armament.
  虽然维京人没有统一的服装，但是他们确有他们喜爱的风格和武器。