Daoud has been a darling of the Western media since the publication of his 2013 novel, The Meursault Investigation.

自2013年出版小说《默尔索调查》以来，达乌德一直是西方媒体的宠儿。

" Powder my back, there's a darling, " cried some one else.

“拍拍我的背，有一个亲爱的，”另一个人喊道。

" He was a darling little thing going to a party, " said Sara.

“去派对时他是个可爱的小东西，”萨拉说。

The startup was a darling of Silicon Valley until 2015, when investigative journalists found that the revolutionary technology it used for blood testing didn't work.

这家初创公司一直是硅谷的宠儿，直到2015年，调查记者发现它用于血液检测的革命性技术并不管用。