dati čemu/komu prednost ali nakazati večjo naklonjenost kot drugim
PRIMERI: Sodnik ne sme favorizirati ene ali druge strani.The referee mustn't favour one side or the other.
DODATNI POMEN TO FAVOUR V AN:
1
(okoliščine)biti ugoden (za nekaj)
PRIMERI: The wind favoured their sailing at dawn.Veter je bil ugoden za plovbo ob zori.
2
podpirati
PRIMERI: The president is believed to favour further tax cuts.Predsednik naj bi podpiral nadaljnje znižanje davkov. The evidence favours my theory.Dokazi dajejo prednost moji teoriji.
PAZI:
V ANsamfavour pomeni:
1
odobravanje, podpora
PRIMERI: The politician has won favour with a wide range of interest groups.Politik je dobil podporo številnih interesnih skupin. The government isn't in favour of income tax cuts.Vlada ne odobrava znižanja dohodnine.
2
korist
PRIMERI: The decision went in his favour.Odločili so se v njegovo korist.
3
usluga
PRIMERI: I've come to ask you to do me a favour.Prišel sem te prosit, da mi narediš uslugo.