favourite sonPOPULARa politician, sports player etc who is popular with people in the place that they come from 故乡骄子〔指受家乡人欢迎的政治家、运动员等〕favourite son• And Rebekah will never again see her favourite son.• On the other hand, Dubroca, even before Fouroux's exit, was one of Albert Ferrasse's favourite sons.• Wolsey played with the gold pendant around his neck and smirked patronisingly at Agrippa as if he was a favourite son.• Pamela thought for a moment of Roy, her favourite son, and Bernice, his wife - also a career girl.• He was not her favourite son, but he was something.
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