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Mr Fryer eschews histrionics in favour of hard data.

弗莱尔不喜夸夸其谈，而是看重真凭实据。

Hobbs soon fell out of favour with his colleagues when he was promoted above them.

霍布斯晋升之后便很快失去了同事们对他的欢心。

Do me a favour! Give me your heart in this Holi!

对我好些！在这个抛颜色的节日里把你的心给我！

On September 8th, turned out to be a schoolmasterly homily in favour of hard work.

这个turned out to be 应该不是"换成"的意思吧，只是"结果是"。。

And he went honourably to Ptolemais, and he met there the two kings, and he gave them much silver, and gold, and presents: and he found favour in their sight.

约纳堂便堂堂正正地来到了仆托肋买，与二王会面，也给他们和他们的朋友，送来金银并许多礼品，深得他们的欢心。

They argue that the rural masses who favour Mr Thaksin and Mr Samak are too "ill-educated" to use their votes sensibly.

他们辩称，支持他信和沙马的广大农民"严重缺乏教养"，从而不能合理投票。

That is the standard argument in favour of immigration, and it is correct.

这是对移民的标准辩护，也不可否认这点。

Certain other imperialist powers are temporarily in favour of unity and peace in China in their own interests.

若干其他帝国主义为了它们自己的利益，暂时地赞助中国的统一与和平。

America's tyre-makers, who have more or less given up making low-end tyres at home in favour of importing them (often from joint-ventures in guess where) declined to support the application for import "relief".

实际上，美国制造商放弃了在国内制造低成本的轮胎，基本都是进口这类产品（通常是从合资企业那里进口），他们不支持对进口"免除"的申请。

They asked me to speak in favour of the motion that "the government should impose limits on bankers' pay".

他们邀请我为"政府应该对银行家薪酬设限"的观点辩护。

In the negative and interrogative forms, of course, this is identical to the non-emphatic forms.

。但是，在否定句或疑问句里，这种带有"do"的方法表达的效果却没有什么强调的意思。

Go down on one's knees;kneel down

屈膝跪下。。。下跪祈祷