prefer用法

please

。

2.

【考 查点】

prefer+

动名词

=prefer+

不定式

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 saling.

喜欢，但我更喜欢驾驶帆船。

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。

3

【考查点】

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.

4.

【考查点】

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 ou.

我觉得在家里比出去好。

5

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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

t o

居多。例如：

He prefer to die rather than become traitor.

她宁死也不做叛徒。

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在如法炮制 而不愿冒失败的危险。

2)rather than

也可以至于句首：

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呆在家里。

I would prefer to spend th

e 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，到布热在 家里过更好些。

4

）

prefer …rather than

中的

rather

也可以移到第一个不定式之前（

pre fer 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.

她宁可自己 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

与

prefer doing A to doing

意义相同，试比较：

Joe prefers skating to skiing.

Joe prefer to skate rather than ski.

Bill preferred playing soccer to swimming.

Bill preferred to play soccer rather than swim.

He preferred rating a car to having one of his own.

He prefers to rent a car rather than to have one of his own.

他宁愿租车也不愿买车。

6

）

用

prefer…rather than

代替

prefer…to

连接名词的情形偶尔也可见到。如 ：

Mr. Brunner prefers chemistry rather than physics.

有人认为两者的区别是：

prefer…to

< br>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

我们该喝什么呢

I should prefer port rather than sherry.

我宁愿和红葡萄酒而不合雪利酒。

7

）

prefer + that

从句

Would you prefer that I come on Monday instead of on Tuesday

你宁愿让星期一来而不是星期二来吗

I prefer that someone else should do this.

我觉得还是让别人来做这件事比较好。