(舍弃某物)宁愿选择;选…(而不选…); 支持;赞成
- Two-thirds of the French are in favour of limiting foreign imports into Europe.
三分之二的法国人赞成限制欧洲的进口贸易。 - The selection of pupils for grammar schools was biased in favour of the middle-class child of a small family from a good area
文法学校招生时偏向于录取来自好地段的中产阶级小家庭的孩子。 - The vote was tied and a local union leader used his casting vote in favour of the return to work.
双方票数相等,一位当地工会领袖投了决定性票,同意复工。 - The German Chancellor and the French President have come out in favour of direct financial aid
德国总理和法国总统已经宣布支持直接的财政援助。 - I wouldn't be in favour of income tax cuts
我不会支持削减所得税。 - Yet this is a Government which proclaims that it is all in favour of openness
但这却是个宣称全力支持开放的政府。 - The protection that farmers have enjoyed amounts to a bias in favour of the countryside
农民所受的保护几乎变成了对乡村的偏袒。 - The policy was rejected in favour of a more cautious approach.
这项政策未被采纳,取而代之的是一项较为谨慎的策略。 - The groundswell of opinion is in favour of a referendum.
支持全民公决的舆论呼声越来越高。 - The press is loaded in favour of this present government
新闻界偏袒本届政府。 - Delegates have voted by a narrow majority in favour of considering electoral reform.
代表们投票表决,以微弱多数票赞同考虑选举制度的改革。 - Union leaders had urged miners to vote in favour of an overtime ban.
工会领导人呼吁矿工投票支持加班禁令。 - The political pendulum has swung in favour of the liberals.
政治形势转而对自由主义者有利。 - They rig their domestic markets in favour of local businesses.
他们操纵国内市场以使当地企业受益。 - Many would prefer to see him step aside in favour of a younger man.
很多人更希望看到他下台,以让位给更年轻的人。 - The consensus has clearly shifted in favour of raising the nuclear threshold
显然大家已普遍开始转向支持提高核武器使用的门槛了。 - The paper has done much to tilt American public opinion in favour of intervention.
该报做了大量工作,使得美国舆论倾向于支持干涉。 - The newspaper is now weighted in favour of trivia.
这份报纸如今倾向于报道一些花边消息。 - The vote was overwhelmingly in favour of the Democratic Party.
压倒多数的选票投给了民主党。 - The current electoral law is still heavily weighted in favour of the ruling party
当前的选举法仍然对执政党非常有利。 - Marianne was tempted to turn the large rooms into traditional French-style salons, while Howard was in favour of a typically English look
玛丽安娜想把这些大房间弄成传统法式客厅的样子,但是霍华德喜欢典型的英式风格。 - Some are in favour of it, some are against it.
有的赞成,有的反对。 - The law does not discriminate against the poor in favour of the rich.
法律绝不歧视穷人而偏袒富人。 - Uncle left his position on the board of directors as he felt that he should move over in favour of a younger man.
叔叔觉得把他在董事会的职位让给一个年轻些的人有好处。 - The majority were in favour of the first plan.
过半数(的人)赞成第一个方案。 - He discriminated in favour of some of his friends.
他偏袒过他的几位朋友。 - The majority voted in favour of the proposal.
多数人都投票赞成这项提案。 - The court decided the action in favour of the defendant.
法庭判被告胜诉。 - Now that we've gone as far as this, we must either go the whole hog or else drop it altogether. I'm in favour of putting up a fight, myself.
到这地步,一不做,二不休,我是打算拼一拼了! - Few people these days are in favour of bringing back the old punishment by death.
现在很少有人赞成恢复旧时的死刑。