亲爱的小伙伴们，你知道a soft spot 是指什么吗？

我们来看看《Modern Family》中的一段对话：

Phil: If I had a son, I'd want him to be like Kenneth Ploufe.

Claire: You do have a son.

Phil: When we first moved in here, he was the sweet kid who lived next door.

Claire: Mm, the weird kid who lived next door. But Phil always had a soft spot for him.

这里的soft spot从字面意思上讲，可以表示“软肋”(也就是欲望)，再引申一下，就是对某个事物或某人特别喜爱，这个表达更倾向于表达人的一种情感，就是指对某人或某物具有一种亲切感。

比如： Despite how troublesome he could be, the teacher had a soft spot for Daniel.

尽管丹尼尔总是会惹很多麻烦，但老师 还是很喜欢他。

再看下面一个例子：

Luke has a soft spot for skiing.

卢克对滑雪情有独钟。

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