favoured

She favoured a carrot-and-stick approach to teaching.

她在教学中奖惩并用。

The December weather favoured our voyage.

12月的天气使我们的航行顺利。

Textile workers favoured protection.

纺织工人拥护贸易保护施。

The laws are designed to protect endangered species like badgers and otters, whose fur used to be favoured by sporran makers.

这项法律是为了保护獾与水獭等濒危物种，过去毛皮袋的制作者喜欢使用牠们的毛皮。

While some of this can be explained by society—in countries like China baby boys are favoured and many unborn girls are electively aborted—there are natural processes at work.

有些时候这种情况可用社会来解释—在中国等国家，较受欢迎，还未出生的女会被选择性地堕胎—不过自然过程也有影响。