A few years ago, we started this kind of "favor war" where one of us would do something kind for the other, such as cleaning up the driveway or building a shed, and next time the other would try to top it with another favor.

几年前，我们开始了这种“人情战”，我们中的一个人会为另一个人做一些好事，比如清理车道或搭建棚子，下次另一个人就会试图用另一个人情来顶上。

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Thus a test that involved pulling strings or operating levers would tend to favor a cat, while a test involving moving from place to place, where speed is a measure of performance, would favor a dog.

所以，包含拉绳子或操纵杠杆的测试就会对猫有利，而包含从一个地方移动到另一个地方，速度作为评定表现的标准的测试就对狗更有利。

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Then, before the favor is executed, the persuader ups the ante and explains that the favor is actually larger than previously described.

然后，在该请求完成以前，说服者提高价码，并说明需要帮助的事比先前描述的事更大。

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"It was not difficult to agree between us that neither party is in favor of handing any more powers to the European Union."

VOA: special.2010.05.14

In fact, he even claims -- and he does this explicitly in Areopagitica he even claims to be in favor of censorship in a number of cases.

实际上，他更声明并且明确地在《论出版自由》中,他更在一些案例中声明他支持出版控制。

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Student: Wouldn't natural selection favor the people ? who learn all these things and then practically try to apply them?

学生：自然选择会不会垂青,学习并践行这些知识的人？

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Times polls always favor Democratic viewpoints and Fox News polls always favor Republican perspectives.

FORBES: Shut Down the Government -- It's Broken Anyway!

Not favor in terms of rooting, but favor in terms of thinking is best.

NPR: Clemens Grilled on Capitol Hill

Do you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose or strongly oppose a proposal to repeal the health care bill?

FORBES: Tea Party Agenda No. 6: Repeal ObamaCare