- a person or thing that you like more than the others of the same type特别喜爱的人（或事物）
- Which one's your favourite?你最喜欢哪一个？
- The band played all my old favourites.乐队演奏了所有我最喜欢的老曲子。
- One of my personal favourites is a movie that should please every age group.我个人最喜欢的电影之一是一部应该让每个年龄组都满意的电影。
- favourite of somebody's This song is a particular favourite of mine.我尤其喜爱这首歌曲。
- favourite with somebody The programme has become a firm favourite with young people.这个节目已着实赢得了年轻人的喜爱。
- These biscuits are great favourites with the children.孩子们特别喜欢这种饼干。
Extra Examples- ‘Show Me Love’ became a festival favourite.《给我爱》成为节日期间最受欢迎的一首歌。
- He began recording sentimental favourites.他开始录制最喜爱的几首伤感歌曲。
- If I had to choose a favourite, it would be Monet's ‘Water Lilies’.如果非要我选一幅最喜欢的画作，我会选莫奈的《睡莲》。
- It may become a holiday favourite on video.它可能会成为假期中大家最爱看的一部录像。
- My very favourite film is ‘The Wizard of Oz’.我最喜欢的影片是《绿野仙踪 》。
- The band started with a crowd favourite.该乐队以一首广受喜爱的乐曲开始其演奏。
- The forest was a favourite for family walks.这处树林是人们最喜爱的同家人一起散步的地方。
- The movie has become a cult favourite.这部影片现在红极一时，大受追捧。
- The song is a firm favourite with their fans.这首歌着实赢得了歌迷的喜爱。
- They perform their greatest hit and a new favourite.他们表演了最成功的节目和他们新近最喜欢的一个节目。
- They were singing their childhood favourite, ‘Waterloo’.他们正唱着孩提时最喜爱的歌曲《滑铁卢》。
- This movie is my all-time favourite.这部电影一直是我的最爱。
- This song is an old favourite of mine.这首歌是我最喜欢的一首老歌。
- You will find all your old favourites in this book of poems.在这本诗集中你会发现所有你以前最喜欢的诗。
- a theme song that remains a fan favourite依然最受歌迷喜爱的主题曲
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + favourite/favoritepreposition- favourite among
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See full entry - a person who is liked better by somebody and receives better treatment than others受宠的人；得到偏爱的人
- She loved all her grandchildren but Ann was her favourite.她爱所有的孙儿孙女，但最宠安。
- Parents should never have favourites.父母永远不应该有最爱。
- favourite with somebody She was an extremely good student and a great favourite with the nuns. 她是一个非常好的学生，也是修女们的最爱。
- favourite among somebody He is a favourite among his teammates.他很受队友的欢迎。
- a record of a section of an app or the address of a website that enables you to find it quickly（收藏应用程序或网址的）我的最爱，收藏夹
- Add the website as a favourite. 将这个网站加到收藏夹。
- Have you added this website to your favourites list?您是否已将此网站添加到您的收藏夹列表中？
- I've added the sports section to my favourites.我已将体育部分添加到我的收藏夹中。
compare bookmark (2)Topics Phones, email and the interneta1 - the horse, runner, team, etc. that is expected to win（比赛中）被认为最有希望的获胜者
- The favourite came third.那个有望夺魁者得了第三名。
- favourite for something Her horse is the hot favourite for the race.她的马在这次赛马中夺魁的呼声最高。
- favourite to do something The Brazilians still look firm favourites to take the title.巴西队看上去仍是夺冠的最热门球队。
Extra Examples- Jopanini is second favourite for Saturday's race, behind Bright Spark.乔帕尼尼是继布赖特·斯帕克之后最有希望在周六的比赛中获胜的选手。
- The Colts are 5.5-point favourites at San Francisco this week本周小马队有望在旧金山以 5.5 分的优势获胜。
- The Spanish are the favourites to win.西班牙队有望获胜。
- The horse is an even money favourite.这匹马输赢都有可能。
- Tiger Woods is 3–2 favourite to win the Challenge.老虎伍兹赢得本次挑战赛的赔率为 3 比 2。
- China was the early favourite to win the bidding.开始时，中国是最有希望赢得本次投标的国家。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + favourite/favoriteprepositionphrasesSee full entry - the person who is expected by most people to get a particular job or position（取得职位等的）最有希望者
- favourite for something She's the favourite for the job.她最有希望得到这份工作。
- favourite to do something She's the favourite to succeed him as leader.她最有希望接替他成为领导人。
Extra Examples- On paper, Stanford looks like the favourite.从理论上看，斯坦福最有希望获胜。
- Gunn and Moran are prohibitive favourites (= so likely to win that there will not really be any competition).冈恩和莫兰是最有希望获胜的选手，令其他竞争者望而却步。
Word Originlate 16th cent. (as a noun): from obsolete French favorit, from Italian favorito, past participle of favorire ‘to favour’, from Latin favor, from favere ‘show kindness to’ (related to fovere ‘cherish’).
