Who is your favorite singer?
相信每個(gè)人心里都有一些最喜歡的東西。最喜歡的英文就是favorite。最喜歡的食物(favorite food)、最喜歡的顏色(favorite color)、最喜歡的歌手(favorite singer)。那么你最喜歡的歌手是誰(shuí)?Who is your favorite singer?如果你沒(méi)有特別偏愛(ài)的歌手,可回答:I don't have a particular favorite.(我沒(méi)有特別的偏愛(ài))。相反你有一個(gè)非常喜歡的歌手,可以用firm favorite,例如:Michael Jackson is my firm favorite.(米高積遜是我非常喜愛(ài)的歌手。) Hot favorite是指非常流行 / 受歡迎的東西,例如:This song is a hot favorite in Hong Kong.(這首歌在香港非常流行)。
對(duì)話
A:What were your hobbies at university?
B:Well, I liked to do so many things so I didn't really have a regular hobby. But I was a rock singer and I still perform occasionally.
A:Who is your favorite singer?
B:I'm a fan of the Beatles and Rod Stewart.
甲:你在大學(xué)時(shí)期有什么嗜好?
乙:哦,當(dāng)時(shí)我喜愛(ài)做太多事情了,并沒(méi)有特定的嗜好。但我以前是一個(gè)搖滾樂(lè)手,現(xiàn)在偶然也會(huì)表演一下呢。
甲:誰(shuí)是你最喜愛(ài)的歌手?
乙:我是披頭四和洛史都華的歌迷。
要說(shuō)所喜歡的人、物等,英文多會(huì)用favorite一字,作形容詞(adjective)解作‘特別喜愛(ài)的’,作名詞(noun)則是指‘特別喜愛(ài)的人、物’,例如:(1) War and Peace is my favorite novel.(《戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)與和平》是我很喜歡的一本小說(shuō))。(2) Coca-Cola is a firm favorite with my son.(可口可樂(lè)是我兒子百喝不厭的飲料)。
最喜歡或最不喜歡,就是most / least favorite,例如:Madonna is my most / least favorite singer.(瑪?shù)つ仁俏易钕矚g / 最不喜歡的歌星)。
父母、教師等偏愛(ài)的孩子,也可用favorite 一字來(lái)說(shuō),例如:(1)Peggy has always been her mother's favorite.(佩琪向來(lái)都是她母親偏愛(ài)的孩子)。(2) It is not advisable for a teacher to have favorites in the class.(教師不宜偏愛(ài)班中幾個(gè)學(xué)生)。偏愛(ài)或徇私的行為,即favoritism,例如:(1)The chemistry teacher was accused of showing favoritism to certain students.(化學(xué)老師被投訴,說(shuō)他偏愛(ài)某些學(xué)生)。
競(jìng)賽之中獲看好的選手、動(dòng)物等,一般都稱為favorite,例如:(1) He bet $2,000 on the favorite to win the horse race. (他把二千元賭注,押在馬賽中最多人看好的那匹馬上)。(2) He was a hot favorite to win the election.(這次選舉之中,他很有機(jī)會(huì)獲選)。