校園英語口語習慣用語 第122期:give preference to
give preference to 寵愛
【講解】
名詞preference意為“偏愛,更加喜愛”,give preference to表示“偏愛……,特別喜愛 ......”,亦可作 have a preference of sth. to/over another.
【對話】
A: I hear you give preference to Lily in your class.
A: 我聽説你在班上特別偏愛莉莉。
B: Yeah. Though I know it's wrong, I can't help making a favorite of her.
B:是的。雖然我知道不應該,可還是忍不住偏向她。
A: Does she always get the highest score?
A:她總是拿到最高分,是嗎?
B: Yeah. and she's very modest and polite.
B:是的,而且她還非常謙遜有禮。