do someone a favour

do something for someone as an act of kindness

幫（某人）忙，幫助（某人）

do someone no favours

(informal)do something that is unhelpful to someone

(非正式)做對某人無用的事；無濟于事

you won't do yourself any favours by getting worked up.

生氣對你無濟于事。

in favour

meeting with approval

受歡迎的，被認可的

they were not in favour with the party.

他們不受那些人的歡迎。

having or showing approval

贊同的，支持的

a 2-1 vote in favour of industrial action.

2比1贊成罷工的表決結(jié)果。

in one's favour

to one's advantage

對（某人）有利

events were moving in his favour.

事情正按對他有利的方向發(fā)展。

in favour of

to be replaced by

由…接替

he stepped down as leader in favour of his rival.

他下臺不再擔任領(lǐng)導(dǎo)職務(wù)，由他的對手接任。

to the advantage of

有利于，有助于

the judge decided in favour of the defendant.

法官判決被告勝訴。

out of favour

lacking or having lost approval or popularity

失寵；過時；不受歡迎

proper dancing has gone out of favour.

正統(tǒng)舞已經(jīng)過時了。