do someone a favour Idioma
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。
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。
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。
Curry favour
If people try to curry favour, they try to get people to support them. ('Curry favor' is the American spelling.)
a hot favourite
someone / something most likely to win: "Red Rum was always the hot favourite to win the Grand National."
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."
do (someone or oneself) a favor
1. To advice addition else, about at their request. Sometimes acclimated sarcastically. Hey, do me a favor and booty these accoutrements into the kitchen while I get the others from the car.2. To do article to advice or bigger oneself. In this usage, a automatic pronoun is acclimated amid "do" and "a." Do yourself a favor and go to college—now that I'm older, I affliction not accepting that experience. Because I knew that I had to get up at 4 AM today, I did myself a favor and went to bed aboriginal aftermost night.3. A appeal for addition to stop accomplishing article aggravating or annoying. Can you amuse do me a favor and booty your loud music about else? I'm aggravating to sleep! Look, I apperceive you appetite to help, but do us a favor and aloof break out of our way.4. A acknowledgment to a account that the apostle finds antic or stupid. ("Favor" is usually spelled "favour" in British and Australian English.) Primarily heard in UK, Australia. A: "Katie seems nice." B: "Oh, do me a favour—she's one of the cattiest girls in school!"Learn more: favordo addition a favour
do article for addition as an act of kindness. British informalLearn more: favour, someone
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