favorite英 [ 'fe?v?r?t ]美 [ ?fev?r?t, ?fevr?t ]
n. 特別喜歡的人（或物）;喜歡的事物;最有希望獲勝者（尤指馬）;收藏夾;
adj. 喜愛的，寵愛的，中意的;
[美國英語] = favourite;1.
We had lunch the other day at our favorite restaurant.
前兩天我們在最喜歡的餐館吃了午飯。
2.
He was a favorite with his schoolmasters but not his schoolmates.
學校的老師們很喜歡他，但同學們對他並不待見。
3.
The Democrat candidate is the favorite to win election.
民主黨候選人最有希望贏得選舉。1.
These figures were often spuriously computed by selecting particularly favorable sample groups.
這些數字往往是用錯誤的方法計算出來的，所用的都是特別挑選出來的對自己有利的樣本組。
2.
The above - mentioned working paper has received favorable responses from many countries.
上述工作文件得到了許多國家的支持和響應.
3.
Each nation suppressed news that was not favorable to it.
每個國家都扣留對它不利的消息.