( <美> favorite)
attrib.
- preferred to all others of the same kind（同类中）最受喜爱的：
their favourite Italian restaurant.
他们最喜欢去的意大利餐馆。
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- a person or thing that is especially popular or particularly well liked by someone特别受欢迎（或受喜爱）的人（或事物）：
the song is still a favourite after 20 years.
这首歌20年后仍大受欢迎。
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- the competitor thought most likely to win a game or contest, especially by people betting on the outcome（比赛或竞赛中的）最有希望的获胜者：
the team are strong favourites.
这个队的夺魁呼声最高。
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- a record of the address of a website or other data made to enable quick access; a bookmark收藏夹; 书签。
with obj.
- record the address of (a website or other data) to enable quick access in future把…添加到收藏夹：
you can see who else favourited the same pictures.
你可以看看还有谁也把这些同样的照片添加到收藏夹。
WORD TRENDS
As with friend, the transformation of favourite into a verb is an Internet phenomenon. On the Web you can record the address of a particular site using an online bookmark， to allow you to find it quickly in the future. On Internet Explorer the bookmarks are called favorites, and the browser's dominance has led to the term being adopted as a synonym for bookmark (itself used in computing contexts since the 1980s) as both noun and verb: voting is open for another 17 days， so favourite the page and do it daily. The term can also refer to the process of tagging and collecting together your favourite online pictures， videos， or messages: I spent forever on Flickr searching out， and favouriting， examples of my newest passion.
短语
favourite son
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- a famous man who is particularly popular and praised for his achievements in his native area（某地的本土）宠儿, 在当地享有盛誉的人：
Essex's favourite son will open at Lord's to launch the cricket season.
埃塞克斯的郡的宠儿将在伦敦洛兹板球场为这一赛季的板球赛揭幕。
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- US a person supported as a presidential candidate by delegates from the candidate's home state〈美〉得到本州代表支持的总统候选人。
词源
late 16th cent. (as a noun)： from obsolete French favorit, from Italian favorito, past participle of favorire 'to favour', from Latin favor （see FAVOUR）.