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favourable a. 有用的,良好的,赞成的 有用的,良好的,赞成的 favourable adj 1: encouraging or approving or pleasing; " a favorable reply"; " he received a favorable rating"; " listened with a favorable ear"; " made a favorable impression" [ synonym: { favorable}, { favourable}] [ ant: { unfavorable}, { unfavourable}] 2: ( of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate; " the days were fair and the winds were favorable" [ synonym: { favorable}, { favourable}] [ ant: { unfavorable}, { unfavourable}] 3: occurring at a convenient or suitable time; " an opportune time to receive guests" [ synonym: { favorable}, { favourable}] 4: presaging or likely to bring good luck; " a favorable time to ask for a raise"; " lucky stars"; " a prosperous moment to make a decision" [ synonym: { golden}, { favorable}, { favourable}, { lucky}, { prosperous}] Favorable \ Fa" vor* a* ble\ ( f[= a]" v[~ e] r*[. a]* b' l), a. [ Written also { favourable}.] [ F. favorable, L. favorabilis favored, popular, pleasing, fr. favor. See { Favor}, n.] 1. Full of favor; favoring; manifesting partiality; kind; propitious; friendly. [ 1913 Webster] Lend favorable ears to our request. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Lord, thou hast been favorable unto thy land. -- Ps. lxxxv. 1. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Conducive; contributing; tending to promote or facilitate; advantageous; convenient. [ 1913 Webster] A place very favorable for the making levies of men. -- Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster] The temper of the climate, favorable to generation, health, and long life. -- Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Beautiful; well- favored. [ Obs.] -- Spenser. -- { Fa" vora* ble* ness}, n. -- { Fa" vor* a* bly}, adv. [ 1913 Webster] The favorableness of the present times to all exertions in the cause of liberty. -- Burke. [ 1913 Webster]
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