在英语中,用于表示“喜欢”、“喜爱”的方式有许多种,动词如like、love、enjoy、prefer、adore、affect、fancy;词组如be kind of、to care for、to have a
softe/warm/weak/ spot of。
请看下面例句:
·Children like outdoor activities.
孩子们喜欢户外活动。
·Both my sister and I like to wear jeans.
我和我妹妹都喜欢穿牛仔裤。
·Did you enjoy my home cooking?
你喜欢我的家常菜吗?
·I don't prefer a package tour while travelling.
我旅游时不喜欢跟团。
(我不喜欢跟团旅游)
·She adores going to the volleyball match.
她非常喜欢看排球比赛。
(在口语中,adore常可用于表示“喜爱”的意思)
·He affects jeans.
他喜欢穿牛仔裤。
·I don't fancy going all that way in such bad weather.
我不喜欢在这种坏天气里总是那样走着。
·It's my kind of place.
我喜欢这个地方。
·How do you care for the cinema?
你喜欢看电影吗?
·I care for (go for)seafood.
我喜欢吃海鲜。
·Care for any drink?
想要喝点什么吗?
·Somehow I find there are some plots in politics,and I personally don't go for it.
不知怎么,我个人认为政治包含阴谋,我并不喜欢政治。
·have a soft spot for sb/sth.
have a warm spot for sb/sth.
have a weak spot for sb/sth.
喜欢/钟爱某人[物]; 对某人[物]有好感:
①From white rice to cake flour, Americans have a soft spot for highly
processed cereal grains.
从白米到松糕面粉,美国人对精加工的谷类食品情有独钟
②she did have a soft spot for Prince William。
她对威廉王子用情至深。