like、love、enjoy、fancy、adore与prefer这些动词都有“喜欢、喜爱”之意。
like : 最常用词,往往只表不太强烈的兴趣或关注,不带强烈的感情,除非另加修饰语。
- I like it when a book is so good that you can't put it down.
我喜欢那种碰上好书时手不释卷的感觉。 - I quite like wine but I could live without it.
我很喜欢喝酒,但没有酒我还是可以忍受的。
love : 不但表示强烈的喜欢,而且含依恋之情,因此多用于能激起深厚情感的人或物。
- I absolutely love chocolate.
我特别爱吃巧克力。 - He really loves his job.
他非常喜欢自己的工作。
enjoy : 指对能提供感观或智力上满足或快乐的东西表示欣赏或喜爱。
- We thoroughly enjoyed our time in New York.
我们在纽约的时间过得十分快活。 - Thanks for a great evening. I really enjoyed it.
感谢你这美好的晚会。我真的玩得很开心。
fancy : 指喜爱投合自己心意、嗜好或欲望等的人或物。
- He could tell she fancied him.
他看得出她喜欢他。 - The boys would tease you to death if they didn't fancy you.
如果男孩们不喜欢你的话,他们就会狠狠地捉弄你。
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adore : 非正式用词,口语体。指非常喜爱,带强烈的感情色彩。
- It's obvious that she adores him.
她显然深深地爱着他。 - I simply adore his music!
我简直太喜爱他的音乐了!
prefer : 指有选择性或偏向性的喜欢。
- Do you prefer hot or cold weather?
你喜欢热天还是冷天? - I prefer red wine to white.
比起白葡萄酒,我更喜欢红葡萄酒。