名詞 favor:

1. an act of gracious kindness
   同義詞：favour
2. an advantage to the benefit of someone or something
   同義詞：favour
3. an inclination to approve
   同義詞：favour
4. a feeling of favorable regard
   同義詞：favour
5. souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party
   同義詞：party favor, party favour, favour

動(dòng)詞 favor:

1. promote over another
   同義詞：prefer, favour
2. consider as the favorite
   同義詞：favour
3. treat gently or carefully
   同義詞：favour
4. bestow a privilege upon
   同義詞：privilege, favour

1. Could you do me a big favor?
   能否請(qǐng)你幫我個(gè)忙？
2. That might be in your favor.
   那可能對(duì)你有利。
3. Would you do me a favor?
   你能幫我一個(gè)忙嗎？
4. In their discussion, I was in favor of Mr. Li.
   在他們的爭(zhēng)論中，我支持李先生。
5. One that enjoys special favor or regard.
   受寵的人或物受到特別喜愛(ài)或?qū)Υ娜嘶蛭?/div>
6. Public opinion was moving strongly in favor of disarmament.
   公眾輿論正在強(qiáng)烈支持裁軍。
7. A mother mustn't favor one of her children more than the others.
   母親不應(yīng)對(duì)任何一個(gè)兒女有所偏愛(ài)。
8. He did all he could to win his favor.
   他盡其所能去贏得他的好感。

fa.vor

n.（名詞）
A gracious, friendly, or obliging act that is freely granted:
親切：自然流露出的仁慈的、友愛(ài)的、恩惠的行為：
例句：
do someone a favor.
幫助人

Friendly or favorable regard; approval or support:
好感，喜愛(ài)：友好的或喜愛(ài)的看法；贊揚(yáng)或支持：
例句：
won the favor of the monarch; looked with favor on the plan.
贏得君王的好感；贊同這個(gè)計(jì)劃

A state of being held in such regard:
喜愛(ài)：被喜歡的狀態(tài)：
例句：
a style currently in favor.
現(xiàn)今流行的款式

Unfair partiality; favoritism.
偏愛(ài)：不公正地喜歡；偏袒

A privilege or concession.
特權(quán)，特許
favors Sexual privileges, especially as granted by a woman.
favors 以身相許：性權(quán)利，尤指女人給男人的

Something given as a token of love, affection, or remembrance.
信物，紀(jì)念品：作為愛(ài)、喜愛(ài)或紀(jì)念的一種標(biāo)志
A small decorative gift given to each guest at a party.
禮物：晚會(huì)上送給客人的裝飾小禮品
Advantage; benefit:
好處；有利：
例句：
sailed under favor of cloudless skies.
在天空無(wú)云的幫助下飛行

Behalf; interest:
利益；益處：
例句：
an error in our favor.
對(duì)我方有益的錯(cuò)誤

Obsolete A communication, especially a letter.
【廢語(yǔ)】 通訊，尤指信函
Archaic
【古語(yǔ)】
Aspect or appearance.
模樣，面貌
Countenance; face.
容貌；臉部
Obsolete A facial feature.
【廢語(yǔ)】 面貌特征
v.（動(dòng)詞）
fa.vored,fa.vor.ing,fa.vors
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To perform a kindness or service for; oblige.See Synonyms at oblige
給予：對(duì)…仁慈，為…服務(wù)；幫忙參見(jiàn) oblige
To treat or regard with friendship, approval, or support.
關(guān)照，贊成：友好、贊同、支持地對(duì)待
To be partial to; indulge a liking for:
偏愛(ài)：偏袒；放縱對(duì)…的喜愛(ài)：
例句：
favors bright colors.
偏愛(ài)亮色

To be or tend to be in support of.
贊成：支持，趨向于支持
To make easier or more possible; facilitate:
協(xié)助，便于：使更容易或更有可能；協(xié)助：
例句：
Darkness favored their escape.
黑暗掩護(hù)他們逃跑

To treat with care; be gentle with:
關(guān)懷：關(guān)心地對(duì)待；對(duì)…溫柔：
例句：
favored my wounded leg.
關(guān)注我受傷的腿

Chiefly Southern U.S. To resemble in appearance:
【多用于美國(guó)南部】 面貌相似：
例句：
She favors her father.
她酷似乃父

v.intr.Chiefly Southern U.S. （不及物動(dòng)詞）【多用于美國(guó)南部】
To resemble another in appearance:
相象：與另一個(gè)在面貌上相仿：
例句：
She and her father favor.
她和她父親容貌相象

<習(xí)慣用語(yǔ)>in favor of
In support of; approving:
支持；贊同：
例句：
We are in favor of her promotion to president.
我們贊成她升為總裁

To the advantage of:
有利于：
例句：
The court decided in favor of the plaintiff.
法庭的判決有利于原告

Inscribed or made out to the benefit of:
以…為受款人：以…為受款人而寫(xiě)上或題上：
例句：
a check in favor of a charity.
以一個(gè)慈善機(jī)構(gòu)為受款人的票據(jù)

來(lái)源：
Middle English
中古英語(yǔ)
from Old French
源自 古法語(yǔ)
from Latin
源自 拉丁語(yǔ)
from favôre [to be favorable]
源自 favôre [成為有利的]

【引伸】
fa.vorer
n.（名詞）
fa.voringly
adv.（副詞）
<注釋>When a Southernerfavors a relative, he or she is not giving that person special privileges;rather, the Southerner looks like that relative.Favor can be either transitive— She favors her father — or intransitive with a compound subject: She and her father favor. This sense offavor goes back to early modern English: .This young lord Chamont/Favors my mother. (Ben Jonson).The verb derives from the nounfavor, which was used from the 5th to the 9th century to mean .appearance, aspect; the countenance, face.: .What makes thy favor like the bloodless head/Fall`n on the blockô. (Tennyson).This sense of the noun is now archaic,but the verb thrives in the English of the Southern United States.
當(dāng)一個(gè)南方人favors 一個(gè)親屬， 他（或她）不是給這個(gè)人特權(quán)；而是這個(gè)南方人長(zhǎng)得像那個(gè)親屬。Favor 可以是及物的—— 她像她父親—— 或不及物的，與復(fù)合主語(yǔ)連用： 她和她父親相象。 Favor 的這種含義可以上溯到早期的現(xiàn)代英語(yǔ)： .這個(gè)年輕的貴族像我媽媽. （本·杰森）。這動(dòng)詞來(lái)源于名詞favor， 在5世紀(jì)到9世紀(jì)被作為.外貌，樣子；面貌，臉部.的意思用： .什么使你的臉毫無(wú)血色，腦袋耷拉下來(lái)ô. （坦尼森）。名詞的這一用法現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)陳舊了，但動(dòng)詞仍在美國(guó)南部英語(yǔ)中流行