該介詞短語一般情況下意思為“支持”、“贊同”,但在法律文件中一般翻譯為”以某人為受益人“，”有利于某人“。

例1

In the event of a conflict between the interests of its stockholders on one hand and the Limited Partners on the other, the General Partner shall endeavor in good faith to resolve the conflict in a manner not adverse to either its stockholders or the Limited Partners; provided, however, that for so long as the General Partner directly owns a controlling interest in the Partnership, any such conflict that the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, determines cannot be resolved in a manner not adverse to either its stockholders or the Limited Partner shall be resolved in favor of the stockholders. 

若普通合伙人股東的利益（作為一方）和有限合伙人的利益（作為另一方）之間存在沖突，普通合伙人應善意地努力以不對其股東或有限合伙人產(chǎn)生不利影響的方式解決該沖突；但是，只要普通合伙人直接對合伙企業(yè)持有控股權益，則普通合伙人自主決定其無法以不對其股東或有限合伙人產(chǎn)生不利影響的方式解決的任何該等沖突應以有利于股東的方式予以解決。

例2

Transaction Security means the Security created in favour of the Lender in respect of the obligations of the Borrower under the Finance Documents pursuant to, or as evidenced by, this Agreement and the Security Documents.

“交易擔?！敝敢勒毡緟f(xié)議和擔保文件或由本協(xié)議和擔保文件證明設定的、以貸款人為受益人、與借款人在融資文件項下的債務有關的擔保。

轉載自：譯問  作者：旗渡法務中心