n. 喜爱,好感;恩惠,帮助
v. 赞成,支持;偏爱,偏袒
来源于原始印欧语dhegh-,dhogh-(燃烧),拉丁语favere,favor(赞成),古法语favor.
拆分: fav赞成 + -our名词词尾
搭配:
in favour of 赞成
in favour with 受(某人)宠爱
out of favour with 失宠(于某人)
例:
Fortune favours the brave. 命运偏爱勇者。
I’m in favour of your suggestion. 我赞成你的建议。
Vanity keeps person in favour with themselves who are out of favour with all others. (Shakespeare) 虚荣使人得宠于己,而失宠于人。(莎士比亚)