支持、偏爱、喜好的态度或行为：指对某人或某事持有支持、偏爱或喜好的态度或行为。
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While listening，you can nod your head to show you in favor of his/ her views.
倾听时，你可以点头示意你支持对方的观点。
They were all in favor of the good tasting beans even though they didn't grow fast or very tall.
他们都喜欢美味的豆子，尽管它们长得不快也不高。
By the early twentieth century, the question about the rate of evolution had been answered in favor of gradualism to most biologists' satisfaction.
到二十世纪初，关于进化速度的问题已经得到了答案，答案支持渐进主义，大多数生物学家对此感到满意。
"It was not difficult to agree between us that neither party is in favor of handing any more powers to the European Union."
VOA : special.2010.05.14
In fact, he even claims -- and he does this explicitly in Areopagitica he even claims to be in favor of censorship in a number of cases.
实际上，他更声明并且明确地在《论出版自由》中,他更在一些案例中声明他支持出版控制。
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A struggle breaks out in the church, and Milton naturally takes the Puritan position in favor of preaching.
教会爆发了反抗，弥尔顿当仁不让的站在了清教徒一方，支持布道。
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Just the fear of them settled the argument in favor of Luke Short.
VOA : special.2010.03.10
The Surrealists rejected reason in favor of the mind's subconscious.
VOA : special.2010.12.03
Workers, consumers and shopkeepers will abandon it in favor of electronic pounds or dollars transmitted from overseas.
Last year it failed to get passed with just 40% voting in favor of the split.
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Workers would merely sign a card saying they are in favor of being unionized.