| 词组 | favourite |
| 释义 | adjective | noun favourite1 BrE favorite AmE adjective your favourite thing or person is the one that you like more than othersnounssb’s favourite food What’s your favourite food?sb’s favourite book/film/website etc One of my favourite books as a child was R. L. Stevenson’s ‘Treasure Island’.sb’s favourite place The writing room was her favourite place in the house. sb’s favourite subject/topic English was my favorite subject at school.sb’s favourite pastime (=the thing that someone likes doing the most) Her favourite pastime is golf.sb’s favourite kind of sth He says his favourite kind of music is jazz.sb’s favourite time of (the) year Autumn is my favourite time of the year.adjectivesleast favourite Cleaning the shower is one of my least favorite jobs. adjective | noun favourite2 BrE favorite AmE noun 1. something that you like more than othersadjectivesa great/big favourite (=used when saying that a lot of people like something) The area is a great favourite with tourists.an old/traditional favourite (=popular for a long time) The CD contains all the old favorites plus some new additions.sb’s own/personal favourite This poem is one of my personal favourites. | Everyone will have their own favourites.a particular favourite Their songs were all good – my particular favourite was ‘Mamma Mia’.a firm favourite (=used when saying that someone likes something very much) Dahl’s books are firm favourites with children.an all-time favourite (=your favourite of all the ones that have existed) This song is one of my all-time favourites.a perennial favourite (=something that is always a favourite) The film is a perennial favourite at Christmas time.nouns + favouritea family/crowd favourite The game quickly became a family favorite.verbschoose/pick a favourite All his books are good and it is difficult to choose a favourite.remain a favourite The Empire State Building remains a favorite with visitors to New York.prepositionssth is a favourite of sb’s The poem is a favourite of my father’s.sth is a favourite with a group of people The bar is a favourite with students.2. the team or player that is expected to win a game or competitionadjectivesthe clear/strong favourite At this stage, the US team looked clear favourites.the odds-on favourite (=the one that is most likely to win) Serena is the odds-on favourite to win.the overwhelming favourite (=the one that is much more certain to win than any of the others) This horse is the overwhelming favourite in tomorrow’s race.the hot favourite informal (=the one that most people think will win) The team are hot favourites to win the competition.joint favourites (=used when two teams or players are both the favourites) France and Spain are joint favourites. |
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