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单词 favorably
释义

favour or (esp US) favor /fāˈvər/

noun
  1. Approval
  2. Esteem
  3. Goodwill
  4. A kind deed
  5. An act of grace or clemency
  6. Indulgence
  7. Partiality
  8. Advantage
  9. (usu in pl) sexual intimacy regarded as a pleasure granted by one person to another, esp by a woman to a man (literary or facetious)
  10. A knot of ribbons worn, eg at an election, to show one's allegiance
  11. A thing given or worn as a token of favour or love
  12. Appearance, face (archaic)
  13. A letter or written communication (commercial jargon)
  14. An attraction or grace (Shakespeare)
  15. An object of favour (Milton)
transitive verb
  1. To regard with goodwill
  2. To be on the side of
  3. To show partiality to
  4. To treat indulgently
  5. To give support to
  6. To afford advantage to
  7. To resemble (informal)
  8. To treat with care or gentleness, usu an injured limb, etc
  9. To choose to wear, etc
ORIGIN: OFr, from L favor, from favēre to favour or befriend

fāˈvourable or (esp US) favorable adjective

  1. Friendly
  2. Propitious
  3. Conducive (with to)
  4. Advantageous
  5. Satisfactory, promising
  6. (of a wind) following

fāˈvourableness or (esp US) favorableness noun

fāˈvourably or (esp US) favorably adverb

fāˈvoured or (esp US) favored adjective

  1. Enjoying favour or preference
  2. (of an area, etc) well-liked, convenient
  3. Wearing favours
  4. Having a certain appearance, featured, as in ill-favoured, well-favoured

fāˈvouredness or (esp US) favoredness noun

fāˈvourer or (esp US) favorer noun

fāˈvourite or (esp US) favorite /-it/ noun

  1. A person or thing regarded with special preference
  2. A person unduly loved and indulged, esp by a king
  3. A person, horse, etc expected to win
  4. A website that has been bookmarked (qv) on one’s computer
  5. A kind of curl of the hair, affected by ladies of the 18c
adjective

Esteemed, preferred, best loved

fāˈvouritism or (esp US) favoritism noun

  1. Inclination to partiality
  2. Preference shown to favourites
  3. The state of being a favourite

fāˈvourless or (esp US) favorless adjective

  1. Without favour
  2. Not favouring (Spenser)

favoured supplier noun

A business which has satisfied certain conditions, such as quality and special terms, and is deemed acceptable to a purchaser such as a government department

curry favour see curry2and favel

favours to come

Favours still expected

in favour

Approved of

in favour of

  1. For
  2. On the side of
  3. For the advantage or benefit of

out of favour

Not approved of
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