favour Идиома

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find favour with sb／find favour in

sb．'s eyes appear favourable to sb． and be well received by him获得某人的好感；得宠于某人；（建议等）被某人接受
He found favour in the eyes of many people．他获得很多人的好感。
This textbook quickly found favour with the students．这本教科书很快获得了学生的好评。
This was obviously a reasonable suggestion；it didn't， however，find favour with your employer．很明显，这是一个合情合理的建议，但是你的雇主却没有接受。

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in favour of

1． in support of赞成；支持
Are you in favour of the proposal？你赞成这个建议吗？
The students were in favour of reform．学生们都赞成改革。
Everyone in the class voted in favour of the dancing party．班里的每个人都投票赞成开舞会。
2．to the advantage of；helping有利于
The evidence is in favour of the defendant．证据对被告有利。
Price control would gradually dis appear in favour of a free market．价格控制将逐渐消失而代之以自由市场。
The law is in favour of the poor people．这条法律有利于穷苦人。
Prices are in buyers' favor．价格对买主有利。
3．be paid to支付；以…为收款人
Cheques should be drawn in favour of the treasurer．开支票应以会计为收款人。
Please make out your checks in favour of the corporation．开支票时，请写明本公司为收款人。

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in sb's favour

in a way that is good for sb．；to sb．'s advantage对某人有益
Bob made good grades in high school，and that was in his favour when he looked for a job．鲍勃在中学时成绩优秀，这在他找工作时，对他有利。
People always make in ferences in her favour．人们常作出有利于她的推断。

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Curry favour

If people try to curry favour, they try to get people to support them. ('Curry favor' is the American spelling.)

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a hot favourite

someone / something most likely to win: "Red Rum was always the hot favourite to win the Grand National."

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call in a favour

ask someone to return a favour: "I need a holiday - I'm going to call in a few favours and ask the others to cover for me."