favored
好意的な
解説 Definition
favored は favor（好む、支持する）の過去形・過去分詞に由来し、形容詞として「好意的な、支持された」という意味です。人や案、選択肢などが他より好まれている状態を表します。
Preferred, supported, or treated more positively than other people, plans, or choices. It often describes a candidate or option considered most likely to be selected, or something that receives approval or special advantage.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
favor「好む・支持する」に -ed が付いた過去分詞由来の形容詞で、「好意や支持を与えられた」と捉えます。a favored candidate、the favored option、be favored by many の形が典型です。favorite は「特にお気に入りのもの」、favorable は「好都合な・賛成の」で、favored は実際に他より選好されている状態に焦点があります。
Build favored from favor plus -ed and understand it as “given favor or preference.” Picture several candidates or plans, with one receiving more support than the others: the favored candidate or the favored option. The passive pattern be favored by many clearly shows who supplies the support. Keep nearby words distinct: a favorite is the person or thing someone likes best, while favorable usually means helpful, approving, or likely to produce a good result. Favored focuses on the state of actually being preferred, supported, or specially treated.
例文
This plan is favored by many team members.
この計画は多くのチームメンバーに好意的に受け止められています。
She became the favored candidate for the job.
彼女はその仕事の有力な候補者になりました。
The manager chose the favored option after the meeting.
マネージャーは会議の後、支持されていた選択肢を選びました。
favored の類義語・関連語
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favored の語源・成り立ち Etymology
favored は favor に -ed が付いた形で、favor は中英語を経て古フランス語、さらにラテン語 favor「好意・支持」にさかのぼります。関連語は favorite, favorable。語源的には『好意を与えられた』なので、『恵まれた』『えこひいきされた』『好意的な』という意味になります。
Favored is formed from favor and the suffix -ed, first as a past participle and then as an adjective. Favor entered Middle English through Old French from Latin favor, meaning goodwill, approval, or support, and was connected with favere, “to support or show kindness to.” The adjective therefore originally described someone or something that had received goodwill. Its modern uses include being preferred, officially supported, specially advantaged, or considered likely to succeed.
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