1、prefer的用法
1.prefer+名词 ——Would you like meat or fish? ——I'd prefer meat，please.
2.prefer+动名词 Do you prefer cooling for yourself or eating in a restaurant?自己做饭还是喜欢下馆子？ —Do you like swimming?你喜欢游泳吗？ —Yes, but I prefer sailing.喜欢，但我更喜欢驾驶帆船。
3.prefer+不定式（更喜欢做某事） Do you prefer to cook f
2、or yourself, or to eat in a restaurant? I prefer to spend the weekend at home.我喜欢在家里度周末。 I would prefer to stay at home tonight. She prefers to be alone.
4.Prefer sb. to do sth.（宁愿某人做„„„„） Their father prefers them to be home early.他们的父亲宁愿他们早点回家。 I thought you would prefer me not to knock.
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5.prefer A to B（相对B而言更喜欢A） 在本句型中，A与B是平行结构，可以是名词，也可以都是动名词。注意:这个用法中肯定的是前者，A和B必须在形式上保持一致，要么都是名词，要么都是动名词，不能是不定式。例如： I prefer dogs to cats.在狗与猫之间我更喜欢狗。 Most people prefer trains to buses. 大多数人愿意坐火车而不愿坐汽车。 I prefer writing a term paper to taking an examination. 我宁愿写一篇学期论文也不愿参加考试。 I prefer stayin
4、g at home to going out. 我觉得在家里比出去好。 She has always preferred marking her own clothes rather than buying them in the shops.她向来喜欢自己做衣服，而不到商店里去买衣服。
6.Prefer to do rather than do（宁愿….而不愿….）
1)本句型中，第一个不定式前面要加to，第二个不定式前面以不加to居多。 例如： He prefers to die rather than become traitor.他宁死也不做叛徒。Rather than
5、 become traitor , he prefers to die . She preferred to sew rather than to knit.她喜欢缝纫而不喜欢编织。 2)rather than也可以置于句首： Rather than buy a car of his own, he prefers to rent one.
3)than后也可用动名词： I prefer to stay at home rather than go/going to see a film.我觉得与其去看电影倒不如待在家里。 4)prefer„rather than中的r
6、ather也可以移到第一个不定式之前(prefer rather…than)，这种用法多见于书面语。例如：He preferred rather to take the whole blame himself than to allow it to fall on the innocent. 他宁可自己承担全部责任而不愿让无辜的人受到连累。
5)prefer to do A rather than do B Bill preferred to play soccer rather than swim. He preferred rating a car to having o
7、ne of his own.
6)用prefer„rather than代替prefer„to连接名词的形式偶尔也可见到。如： Mr. Brunner prefers chemistry rather than physics. 有人认为两者的区别是：prefer„to表示一般的倾向，prefer„rather than则表示在某种具体场合的选择。如：What shall we have to drink,port or sherry?我们喝什么呢，葡萄酒还是雪利酒？ I should prefer port rather than sherry.我宁愿喝葡萄酒而不喝雪利酒。
7.prefer+that从句 I prefer that someone else should do this.我觉得还是让别人来做这件事比较好。 prefer 作及物动词使用，通常意思是“更喜欢，宁愿”。
8. prefer 用法的常用成语及习惯用语 prefer to die rather than surrender 宁死不屈
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