favourとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

favour (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 favours)

1. (英国用法 spelling) Standard spelling of favor.
   • 2013 June 29, “Unspontaneous combustion”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 29:

     Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia.

   I need a favour. Could you lend me £5 until tomorrow, please?

   Can you do me a favour and drop these letters in the post box?

動詞

favour (三人称単数 現在形 favours, 現在分詞 favouring, 過去形および過去分詞形 favoured)

1. (英国用法 spelling) Standard spelling of favor.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Luke 1:2:

     And the Angel came in vnto her, and said, Haile thou that art highly fauoured, the Lord is with thee: Blessed art thou among women.

   • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:

     The departure was not unduly prolonged. In the road Mr. Love and the driver favoured the company with a brief chanty running. “Got it?—No, I ain't, 'old on,—Got it? Got it?—No, 'old on sir.”

   • 1959 April, B. Perren, “The Essex Coast Branches of the Great Eastern Line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 191:

     Clacton and Walton are resorts mostly favoured by Londoners and only three trains run through to the Midlands and North.

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess‎^[1]:

     Even in an era when individuality in dress is a cult, his clothes were noticeable. He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white.

使用する際の注意点

• Favour is the standard British and Commonwealth spelling. Favor is the standard American spelling.