| 单词 | in, out of favour |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin, out of favour c. Objectively. (to be, stand high, etc.) in a person's favour: in his good graces. Also in, out of favour, to bring into favour, etc. ΚΠ 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Bviiiv Familier & great in fauour with princes. c1530 A. Barclay Egloges ii. sig. Kiij Thou mayst suspect & trowe Hym more in fauour & in conceyt than thou. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xxxii [He] fell in suche fauour with the kyng. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 293 The king of Nauarre..was out of the french kings fauor. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie F 241 To bring one in fauour with a man. Insinuare aliquem alteri. 1676 Lady Chaworth in Hist. MSS. Comm. 12th Rep., App. v. 28 She is still highly in favour. 1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. G2v/1 I'le bring you again into his favour. 1701 D. Defoe True-born Englishman Introd. 1 Fools out of Favour grudge at Knaves in Place. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 447 Rochester..stood high in the favour of the King. 1860 G. J. Adler tr. C. C. Fauriel Hist. Provençal Poetry ii. 21 The various kinds of Provençal poetry were not in equal favour among the Castilians. 1876 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches I. i. iv. 216 As slaves, or as captives..they were taken into favour by the dominant nation. < as lemmas |
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