英语prefer的用法小结2

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prefer的用法小结

1.prefer+名词

I'd prefer meat，please.

　　2.prefer+doing=prefer to do

prefer cooking for yourself = prefer to cook for yourself　　　

3.Prefer sb.(not) 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.prefer A to B;

　　在本句型中，A与B是平行结构，

　　I prefer dogs to cats.在狗与猫之间我更喜欢狗。

5.prefer doing to doing

　　I prefer staying at home to going out.

　　我更喜欢留在家里也不乐意出去。

　　6.Prefer to do +rather than+(to) do　

He prefer to die rather than become traitor.他宁死也不做叛徒。

　　She preferred to sew rather than to knit.她喜欢缝纫而不喜欢编织。

　7.prefer rather to do …than to do

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

　　Would you prefer that I come on Monday instead of on Tuesday?你宁愿让我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。