favor:feel or show approval or preference for
=support/prefer
A. X has been increasingly favored by Y
1.Phenomenal English has been increasingly favored by serious English learners.
2.Deja vu, an online second-hand book marketplace, has been increasingly favored by book lovers.
3.Mobile payment has been increasingly favored by beggars.
B. favor something
1.Clearly, Trump doesn't favor immigration.
2.If he (interviewee) carefully weighted two sides of an issue and you only quote his views of one side , making him seem to favor that position,you will misrepresent what he told you.
翻译：
Many graduates in China favor big cities such as Beijing,Shanghai and Guangzhou.
活学活用：
Online shopping has been incresingly favored by most people in China.
