Friends英语赏析【111】have a soft spot for 偏爱

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Ross: Okay-okay! Two very good points, look I’ve known you both a long time, and I’ve never seen either of you one/millionth as happy as you’ve been since you’ve got together. Do you really want to throw that all away over a room? That is so silly. Now wh-what is more important, love or silliness?
Chandler: Well, we are fond of the silliness, but we also have a soft spot for the love.
Monica: Love is the best medicine.

罗斯：好啦，好啦。听我说两点：我认识你们俩很久了，在你们走到一起之前，我从没见你们两个有这么快乐过。你们真的要因为一个房间而丢掉快乐吗？那真是太愚蠢了。什么更重要呢？爱情还是愚蠢？
钱德乐：哦，我们喜欢愚蠢，不过我们更喜欢爱情。
莫妮卡：爱情是最好的药方。

【世博视角】

Be fond of 这一词组可以用来表示“喜欢”的意思，后面既可以跟上something，也可以是somebody。be fond of sb 要比like sb所表达的程度更深一点，相当于like somebody very much，近乎于love sb的意思。例如：

Jack's quite fond of her, isn't he?
I was very fond of my Uncle Jim.

此外，我们还可以说 be fond of doing sth, 表示经常喜欢做某事，不过有时这种爱好可能会使别人有些受不了，例如：

Susan's very fond of hiking and backpacking.
My grandfather was very fond of handing out advice to all my friends.

乍一看soft spot这个表示法，大家可能会认为它就是中文里所说的“软肋”，其实“软肋”所对应的英文表示法应该是 weak spot, 而have a soft spot for sb/sth所表达的意思是“偏爱”，比如我就对我的小侄子有些偏爱，尽管他有时很淘气，但我就是对他“没脾气”：

I always have a soft spot for my younger nephew.