2018-11-23每日一词soft spot

soft spot字面意思是“柔软的地方”，弱点，常用来表示“特别喜欢某人或物”——因为特别喜欢，便毫无招架之力。soft spot 是个好玩的，可以用在口语和写作中的表达，我们想表示“非常喜欢”的时候，除了用 like something/someone very much 外，很多时候还可以用 soft spot。

英英释义：to feel that you like someone very much, often without knowing why

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例句：

 ①  have a soft spot for sb =“to feel that you like someone very much, often without knowing why ”

She'd always had a soft spot for her younger nephew. 

比如，我们想表示“xx控”时，就可以用到 soft spot： 

I have a soft spot for stationery/cats.（文具控/猫咪控） 

② 英文中常用“sweet tooth”表示喜欢吃甜品，someone has a sweet tooth 就是某人很喜欢吃甜品。我们可以用 soft spot 来解释这个表达： 

If you have a sweet tooth, you have a soft spot for sweet foods, especially sweets and chocolate.

③ 今年三月份，法国总统马克龙在巴黎法兰西学院（Académie Française ）演讲，表达自己希望弘扬法语的心声。《经济学人》随后在语言板块 Johnson 中写道： 

The French have a soft spot for authority, and the mighty presidency and the academy are both symbols of that.

这段话是说法国人崇尚权威，这一点可以从法国总统的权力和法兰西学院的设定中就可以看出来。 

和 soft spot 类似的表达还有 weakness，在掌握了 soft spot 后可以再了解一下 weakness。 

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（1）翻译：

她很喜欢孩子。 

She has a soft spot for children. 

Children are her soft spot.

（2）例子：She has a soft spot for baking during the weekends, which bring cakes, pies and cookies to the family.

场景：她很喜欢在周末的时光为家人烘焙糕点。