| 词组 | favorable |
| 释义 | favorable When favorable is followed by a preposition, the preposition is usually either to or for. When the meaning offavorable is "feeling or expressing support or approval," to is used: • ... stengthened the hand of those favorable to the council —Paul Sigmund, Change, March 1973 • ... because all men are favorable to that process — Walter Prescott Webb, The Great Frontier, 1952 • Several... generals were mentioned as favorable to the scheme —American Guide Series: Texas, 1940 For is the usual choice when favorable means "suitable": • ... the university structure is more favorable for accurate evaluation of societal problems —Halton Arp, AAUP Bulletin, September 1969 • ... to select those most favorable for hybridization —Current Biography, January 1964 Both to and for are used when favorable means "advantageous." To is more common: • ... constructive acts favorable to the status of the Negro —James B. Conant, Slums and Suburbs, 1961 • Existing credit law, sometimes archaic and traditionally favorable to the lender —Lucia Mouat, The Consumer Fights Back, 1970 • ... the reform was favorable for wage earners but the opposite for pensioners —Current Biography 1950 An alternative preposition after favorable is toward, which is used from time to time in the same way as to: • ... reviewers were not too favorable toward the production —Current Biography 1953 |
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