Favouring or showing rapid progress or reform

(主张)进步或改革的

Positive discrimination,ie deliberately favouring an underprivileged group,esp in employment policy

具有积极意义的区别对待(尤指在就业政策中所实施的偏向贫困阶层的做法).

Perhaps for the same reason, in any labor dispute Donahue unfailingly supported organized labor, never favouring business even if labor excesses were involved

可能是出于同样的原因，在任何劳工纠纷中，唐纳休总是支持劳工组织，从来不给企业好脸看，哪怕劳工的行为确实过火。

Preferential import tariffs,etc,(ie favouring a particular group,country,etc)

特惠关税(优待某团体、国家等).

Unionist person favouring political union,esp between Britain and Northern Ireland

拥护实行政治联合的人;(尤指)主张不列颠及北爱尔兰实行联合的人.

Favouring thorough political or social reform;holding extreme views

赞成实行彻底的政治或社会改革的;持激进观点的

accused the administration of favouring big developers with the deal

指责政府明益地产商

||1: The 19th century saw a chap named William Banting bring the first low-carbohydrate diet to a mass audience. ||2: A study in the Lancet later confirmed the value of favouring protein and fat over carbs well before a once overweight cardiologist named Robert Atkins figured this out for himself. ||3: Horace Fletcher, otherwise known as “The Great Masticator”, was emphatic about chewing each mouthful of food until it was liquid, and counted John D. Rockefeller and Franz Kafka among his disciples.

||1: 在19世纪，有个叫做William Banting的人，他第一次将低碳水化合物食谱推荐给大众。 ||2: 后来在《柳叶刀》中刊登的一项研究证实了多摄入蛋白质和脂肪，少摄入碳水化合物的好处，在此之后，有一个曾经超重的心脏病专家Robert Atkins也为自己指出了这一点。 ||3: Horace Fletcher，以“伟大的咀嚼者”广为所知，曾强调咀嚼每一口食物直到它们成了液体，他的拥趸包括洛克菲勒和卡夫卡。

||1: On March 14th Mr Brown apparently reached a deal with the millionaires’ tax camp. ||2: Their new agreed proposal lessens Mr Brown’s proposed sales tax increase a bit, but raises income taxes on the affluent more than he wanted. But that still leaves two proposals on the table. ||3: The teachers unions may now be on Mr Brown’s side, but parents of schoolchildren, insofar as they are organised by the powerful parent-teacher association, are with Ms Munger’s. ||4: Voters seem bewildered, with different polls showing them favouring different permutations of the proposals on offer.

||1:3月14日，杰里?布朗似乎与提议征收百万富翁税的阵营达成了一致。||2:在他们最新商定的计划中，营业税的增幅比杰里?布朗提出的稍小，但富裕阶层收入所得税的增幅比杰里所希望的大。不过即便如此，仍会有两份提案参与投票。||3:现在教师联盟可能已与杰里?布朗成为同盟，但在强大的家长老师协会的组织下，学生们的家长却与莫莉?曼格站在同一阵线上。||4:投票者们似乎为此所困，在不同的民意调查里，参与投票的议案在他们心目中的排名竟有所不同。

few businesses hire, or buy advice, from just one firm, so it would be hard for one firm’s alumni to get away with unjustifiably favouring their old employers.

很少公司会仅仅从一家咨询公司购买战略建议，所以能让这些公司校友侥幸助老东家一臂之力的机会是非常有限的。

China had policies favouring local suppliers of tech equipment many months before Mr Snowden’s leaks.

在斯诺登事件几个月之前中国有一些保护当地科技设备供应商的政策。

This makes the legal process more transparent and much less risky for Western firms, which are put off by the reputation of Dubai’s local civil-law courts for favouring Emiratis over foreigners, according to Will Buckby at Beale & Company, a law firm.

这样会使法律程序更加透明并且西方律所承担更少的风险，根据一家律所Will Buckby at Beale & Company，西方律师正被被迪拜当地民事法院支持本地人的名声困扰。

He is the most American among Europe’s current leaders, favouring the two-button, centre-vent suit jacket, plain shirt and contrasting tie.

安杰洛尼说：“在欧洲当前的领导人中，他是最美国化的，最喜欢双扣、中间开口的套装、素色衬衫和对比强烈的领带。”

Luca Solca, a senior analyst at Bernstein Research, says trading momentum is favouring companies with higher exposure to emerging markets.

伯恩斯坦研究公司（BernsteinResearch）高级分析师卢卡•索尔卡（LucaSolca）称，交易势头有利于那些与新兴国家市场联系更为紧密的公司。

Unfortunately, India’s manufacturers economise on labour, despite its abundance, favouring capital or technology instead.

不幸的是，尽管印度劳动力资源丰富，制造业对其使用却极为节省，而更青睐资金和技术。

But over the past year, a range of foreign companies has accused Beijing of restricting market access and favouring state-owned competitors.

但过去一年中，众多外国公司指责中国政府限制市场准入，偏袒它们的竞争对手（国有企业）。

But Mr Assad has neglected those roots, favouring urbanites, including merchants and religious leaders.

但是阿萨德却忽略了这一阶层，他偏爱包括商人和宗教头领在内的城市人。

But for the moment most factors seem to be favouring the dollar.

但是就现在来看，大多数的因素都利好于美元。

But there may also be structural reasons why investors are favouring bonds over shares.

但是同样有结构性的原因说明为什么投资者更钟情于债券而不是股票。

But there is no accepted framework for “vertical” policy, favouring specific sectors and companies.

但是现在确实也没有可以采用的“垂直式”政策构架，能用来为产业和企业进行个体化服务。

But America and the EU argue that by hindering their export, China is unfairly favouring domestic industries.

而美国和欧盟则认为中国阻碍这些原材料的出口，是在不公平地偏袒本国工业。

There is also a political logic to favouring a bigger prop for demand along with bolder action on structural reforms.

还有一种政治上的正确的想法是既支持扩大需求又同意在结构改革方面采取更大胆的行动。

As a result, the feed-in tariff has been reduced, and will be reduced again this summer, dampening demand and favouring low-cost producers.

结果是，上网电价下调了，今年夏季还要进一步降低，抑制了需求，有利于低成本的厂商。

In recent years, KMT conservatives favouring a return to the Chinese nationalism of the party’s founding fathers, have gained ground.

近年来，国民党内保守派人士赞成回归该党创始人所推崇的中国民族主义观念，他们赢得了一些支持。

There is the usual disdain of old money for the taste of those with new money, who are perceived as favouring conceptual works.

旧富通常鄙视那些新富的品味。人们认为新富总是青睐概念性作品。

The Chinese are favouring highly decorative blue-and-white Ming porcelain.

明代青花瓷器为装饰佳选，广受中国人喜爱。

The euro has weakened against most global currencies, favouring exports out of the euro zone.

欧元已经相对于全球大多数货币贬值，这使得对欧元区以外的国家出口变得有利。

European economists put more emphasis on boosting medium-term growth, favouring reforms such as making labour markets more flexible.

欧洲的歌经济体更加重视中期的增长，支持类似加大劳动力市场的灵活性这样的改革。

Critics frown on the search for a psychiatric explanation, favouring the notion that a virus is to blame.

批评人士不满得出精神病学解释的研究，他们偏爱将其归咎于病毒的观点。

Favouring debt over equity made the share price more volatile, and the more volatile the shares, the more valuable an option becomes.

偏好债务融资甚于股权融资使得股价愈加不稳定，而股票价格越不稳定，该股票的期权越有价值。