The wind was favourable, being fresh, and blowing from the west.

现在风很好，西风刮得正紧。

Many Buddhists eschew it periodically to instil compassion, foster progress towards enlightenment and improve their chances of a favourable rebirth.

许多佛教徒会定期不吃肉，以培养慈悲心怀，促进他们走向开悟，并提高他们涅槃的机会。

Her report was highly favourable. Sir William had been delighted with him.

她的报道全是好话。据说威廉爵士很喜欢他。

[Ben] Breeding works by crossing two different rice varieties with favourable attributes, in the hope of a new variety which carries both of those characteristics.

育种是通过杂交两个具有有属性的不同水稻品种，希望能培育出兼具上述两种属性的新品种。

Hmm. . . Well, obviously they have the choice of accepting the very favourable terms that another company - KMG Plc - have given them to buy them out.

显然，他们可以接受KMG Plc公司提供给他们的关于买断的优惠条件。

A double-edged sword describes something with unfavourable as well as favourable consequences.

双刃剑指的是既有不结果，也有有结果的事。

But even in the most favourable circumstances only a small fraction of the creatures that die are preserved in this way before decay sets in or, even more likely, before scavengers eat them.

即使是在最有的环境中，死去的生中也只有一小部分能在开始腐烂前，或更可能在被食腐动吃掉之前，被这样保存下来。

We wouldn't say it to explain you're in a similar favourable situation.

我们这么说并不是为了解释你处于类似的有地位。

More favourable rulings could increase pressure on parliament to act.

更多的有裁决可能会给议会带来更大压力，迫使其采取行动。

Perhaps this might be a favourable opportunity for my mentioning who I am.

也许这可能是我提及我是谁的有机会。

As he said this, she could easily see that he had no doubt of a favourable answer. He spoke of apprehension and anxiety, but his countenance expressed real security.

说是希望她表接受他的求婚。她一下子就看出他说这些话的时候，显然自认为她毫无问题会给他满意的回答。

Then later on we had the AIDS epidemic, the crack epidemic. You know, it was a lot of destruction and mass incarceration. So, a lot of the images I was seeing on the nightly news, they weren't favourable images.

后来，艾滋病流行，快克流行。你知道，那是大量的破坏和大规模监禁。所以，我在晚间新闻上看到的很多画面，都不是好的画面。

The Constitutional Court in Thailand suspended Prayuth Chan-ocha from his position as prime minister until a decision is reached as to whether he has breached the eight-year term limit codified in a constitution that was written by a committee favourable to him.

泰国宪法法院暂停巴育·占奥差的总理职务，直至就他是否违反宪法规定的8年任期作出裁决。宪法规定的8年任期是由一个对他有的委员会制定的。

When government favours the private sector, Mr Zingales argues, it is all too often by being “pro-business” rather than “pro-market”, meaning that favourable conditions are provided to particular institutions rather than to institutions broadly.

Meltzer认为，当政府说支持私营企业时，往往是支持“企业”而非支持“市场”，也就是说政府是为某些企业机构提供支持，而非广泛支持所有企业机构。

However, when our turn came the little man was much more favourable to me than to any of the others, and he closed the door as we entered, so that he might have a private word with us.

不管怎么样，轮到我们的时候，这个小蚌子男人对我比对任何其他人都客气多了。我们走进去后，他就把门关上，这样他可以和我们单独谈。

Our neighbour would end up with one tenth the mass of Earth, which in turn reduced its possibility of maintaining an atmosphere favourable to life.

火星最终将只拥有地球十分之一的质量，这反过来减少了它维持适宜生命的大气层的可能性。

A paper in 2011 by David Earnest of Towson University and his co-authors concluded that favourable perceptions of the organisation's honesty are the best explanation for why.

2011年，汤森大学的大卫·欧内斯特与其合著者在一篇论文中得出结论，人们对诚实公司有好感是RJP达到这些效果的最佳解释。

Well, obviously they have the choice of accepting the very favourable terms that another company KMG Plc have given them to buy them out.

嗯，显然他们可以选择接受另一家公司 KMG Plc 给出的非常优惠的条件来收购他们。

If it is possible to make an assault with fire from without, do not wait for it to break out within, but deliver your attack at a favourable moment.

火可发于外，无待于内，以时发之。

Gabart said some of his victory is due to sheer luck such as the date he set out and the favourable condition at crucial points at sea.

加巴说他的胜是由于运气，比如他选择出发日期和海上的良好的状态有关。