受到特别喜爱的人或事物favourite(Britain); favorite(US)

• 维多利亚时期的小说是她一生中的最爱。

  Victorian fiction was her favourite all her life.

• 两人对剧本中有情人终成眷属的结局都不满，恨不得剧中都不是对方的最爱。

  Both actors were dissatisfied with the ending of the script, in which the lovers got married. They were desperate to not be the favourite of the other party in the drama.