| 释义 |
do (someone or oneself) no favors do (someone or oneself) no favors1. To not be helpful to someone or something; to hinder or be detrinmental to someone or something. You do your kids no favors by catering to their every whim.2. To act in a way that reflects negatively on oneself. Just stop talking—you're doing yourself no favors by babbling to the CEO.See also: favor, nodo somebody no ˈfavours, not do somebody any ˈfavours do something that is not helpful to somebody or that gives a bad impression of them: You’re not doing yourself any favours, working for nothing. ♢ The orchestra did Beethoven no favours.See also: favour, no, somebody |