favoured
The wind favoured their sailing at dawn.
这风便于他们在黎明时航行。
He was in favour of the declaration of a truce.
他赞成宣布停战。
He was passed over in favour of a younger man.
没考虑提升他而提升了一个小伙子。
She always comes down strongly in favour of the twopence coloured.
她总是喜欢买些花花绿绿的不值钱的东西。
The prevalent opinion is in favour of reform.
一般舆论都支持改革。
Cheques should be written in favour of Oxfam.
支票上请写明以牛津饥荒救济委员会为受款人。
Such recommendations will weigh in his favour.
这种推荐将对他大有好处。
There was a solid vote in favour of the proposal.
提案获全体一致通过。
The anthology reveals a prejudice in favour of lyric poets.
这部选集显示出对抒情诗人有所偏爱。
On the whole, I'm in favour of the proposal.
总的说来，我赞成这个提议。
The decision went in his favour.
这一判决对他有利。
The majority was/were in favour of the proposal.
多数人赞成这个建议。
I make bold to ask you a favour [give you a piece of advice].
我冒昧地求你一件事[给你提一个意见]。
Jones has fallen out of favour with the party leadership.
琼斯失去了那个政党领导层的欢心。
They voted in favour of the prohibition of smoking in public areas.
他们投票赞成禁止在公共场所吸烟。
Are you in favour of soaking the rich?
你赞成向富人多徵税吗？
Judge or juror favour one of the parties in a case.
法官或陪审员偏袒诉讼案当事人中的一方。
Opinion is shifting in favour of the new scheme.
舆论正逐渐转向支持新计画。
Her argument decided the issue in his favour.
她的论据促成问题的解决对他有利。
Her charm prejudiced the judges in her favour.
她姿色迷人，因而评委都偏向她。
Of the two possible plans I favour the first.
在这两种可行方案中我赞成前者。
He spoke out in favour of reforms.
他(大胆)发言，表示赞成改革。
The court decided in his favour.
法庭的判决对他有利。
He obtained his position more by favour than by merit or ability.
他因得宠而获此地位，并非有何特长或本事。
She was just buttering up to the boss to try to get a favour of him.
为了从老板那里得到好处，她正在巴结他呢。
I hop your proposal finds favour with the committee.
我希望你的建议会被委员会接受。
Politicians bid for popular favour around election time.
在选举前后政客们总要许愿讨好民众。
It strikes me that nobody is in favour of the change.
我留意到谁也不喜欢这些改革。
It strikes me that nobody is in favour of the changes.
我留意到谁也不喜欢这些改革。
A straw vote indicated that most of the group are in favour of the proposal.
投票表明这个团体中的大多数人赞成这一建议。
The population as a whole is/are in favour of the reform.
全体人民普遍拥护改革。
God is ashamed when the prosperous boasts of His special favour.
当富贵利达的人夸说他得到神的特别恩惠时，上帝却羞了。
The bank has made an error in your favour; we owe you￡100.
银行出了个有利于你的差错，我们欠你一百镑。
Hobbs soon fell out of favour with his colleagues when he was promoted above them.
霍布斯晋升之后便很快失去了同事们对他的欢心。
In filling up the post, the boss passed Lewis over in favour of Cary.
在填空补缺时，老板不考虑刘易斯而赏识卡里。
The ombudsman investigates complaints about misuse of authority without fear or favour.
专门调查官员舞弊情况的政府官员公正地调查了关于滥用权力的投诉。
Among the members of the committee those who favour the proposed changes are in the majority.
委员中赞成提出修改意见的占大多数。
Her greater experience tipped the balance in her favour and she got the job.
她经验更丰富，这是她得到那份工作的决定性因素。
Many support the former alternative, but personally I favour the latter (one).
很多人都赞成前一种办法，但我个人喜欢後一种。
He had but one eye, and the popular prejudice runs in favour of two.
他只有一只眼，而一般的偏见则认为有两只眼有利。
Personally speaking/Speakingpersonally, I'm in favour of the scheme.
就本人而言，我赞成这个计画。
Popular opinion has tilted (ie shifted) in favour of the Socialists.
公众舆论已倒向社会党人一边。
It is only a person of low mind that will worm himself into the favour of others.
只有思想卑鄙的人才会想方设法取得别人的好感。
I wouldn't fancy these wild and woolly places in the north of Scotland that you favour.
你喜爱英格兰北部的这些蛮夷之地，我可不喜欢。
John left his position on the board of directors as he felt that he should move over in favour of a younger man.
约翰辞去了董事会中的职务，因为他觉得他应该让给更年轻的人。
He'd let me down more than once so the next time he asked me for a favour I gave him the brush-off.
他已不止一次难为我，因此下次他求我帮助时，我也让他碰碰钉子。
Those who wished a favour of the emperor had to grovel on hands and knees before him.
凡希望受到皇帝恩宠的人都要拜倒在他面前。
Textile workers favoured protection because they feared an influx of cheap cloth.
纺织工人拥护贸易保护措施，因为他们担心涌入廉价纺织品。
Conservativegovernments in Britain favour private enterprise rather than nationalization.
英国的保守党政府赞成私人经营而反对国有化。
Professor Smith, would you do us a favour by coming to our English evening this Saturday?
史密斯教授，请赏光参加我们本星期六的英语晚会。