单词 | favoured |
释义 | favouredfavoredadj.1 In senses of the verb. Often used for: Favoured by Nature, fortune, or Providence; having unusual advantages or blessings. Treaties often contain a clause providing that each of the contracting powers shall allow to the other all the advantage, with regard to customs duties, permission to trade, etc., that are granted to the most favoured nation (also in attributive.phr.). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > [adjective] > provided with advantages advantaged1612 favoured1725 featherbedded1954 the mind > emotion > love > liking or favourable regard > [adjective] > liked likeda1547 favoured1725 beliked1848 the mind > mental capacity > belief > school of thought > [adjective] > accepted, orthodox sincere1536 orthodox1659 favoured1891 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > quality of being approvable or acceptable > [adjective] > approved or accepted accepta1382 well-pleaseda1382 ycherydc1407 received1440 graciousa1450 accepted?1495 comprobate1523 well-accepted1526 allowed1538 approbateda1549 well-received1565 well-liked1567 well-graceda1586 unlashed1641 approved1667 approved-of1670 consecrated1868 favoured1891 society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [adjective] > subjected to or bound by a treaty > type of clause in treaty most favoured nation1902 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. vii. 273 Oft with some favour'd traveller they stray. 1758 T. Smollett Hist. Eng. (1800) II. 245 The same privileges that France granted to the most favoured nation. 1805 W. Saunders Treat. Mineral Waters (ed. 2) 112 One of those choice and favoured spots. 1805 W. Wordsworth Waggoner iv. 29 The rude shepherd's favoured glance. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 416 There were more favoured districts. 1891 Daily News 6 May 4/8 The favoured explanation of this action was [etc.]. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 164/1 By extending to a third nation privileges granted to particular countries, the most favoured nation article began to be framed. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 17 Aug. 2/1 Having secured a most-favoured-nation clause in her commercial treaty with China in 1896. 1928 Manch. Guardian Weekly 26 Oct. 328/2 In the agreement will be two main clauses dealing with most-favoured-nation treatment. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). favouredadj.2 1. Having an appearance or features, etc. (see favour n. 9) of a specified kind. Only in parasynthetic combinations as black-, crab-, evil-, hard-, ill-, well-favoured, etc.: see these words. 2. Having or provided with favours or rosettes (see favour n. 7b). Only in combinations. ΚΠ 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam Epil. 207 Those white-favour'd horses wait. View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.11725adj.21850 |
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