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
Do you prefer to cook for 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.
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.
5.prefer A to B
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。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 staying at home to going out.
我觉得在家里比出去好。
Thousands of children nowadays prefer doing their homework to a background of pop-music to doing it in a quiet room.成千上万的孩子如今一边听流行音乐一边做作业,也不愿在安安静静的房间里做。
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+不定式+rather than+不定式
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 prefer to die rather than become traitor.他宁死也不做叛徒。
Older people often fear change. They know what they can do best. They prefer to repeat their successes rather than risk failure.年纪大的人常常怕变化。他们知道什么最拿手,宁愿把自己成功的经验再如法炮制也不愿冒失败的危险。
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。
I would prefer to spend the weekend at home rather than drive/driving all the way to your mother's.我觉得与其开车跑那么远的路到你母亲那里度周末,倒不如在家里过更好些。
4)prefer…rather t
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