prefer釋義

vt.更喜歡; 提升，提拔; 給予（債權(quán)人）優(yōu)先權(quán); 提出（控告）;

vi.更喜歡，寧愿;

prefer的用法

1.prefer+名詞

——Would you like meat or fish?

——I'd prefer meat，please.

2.prefer+動名詞

Do you prefer cooling for yourself or eating in a restaurant?自己做飯還是喜歡下館子？

—Do you like swimming?你喜歡游泳嗎？

—Yes, but I prefer sailing.喜歡，但我更喜歡駕駛帆船。

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.我喜歡在家里度周末。

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.他們的父親寧愿他們早點回家。

I thought you would prefer me not to knock.

5.prefer A to B

在本句型中，A與B是平行結(jié)構(gòu)，可以是名詞，也可以都是動名詞。

例如：

I prefer dogs to cats.在狗與貓之間我更喜歡狗。

Most people prefer trains to buses. 大多數(shù)人愿意坐火車而不愿坐汽車。

I prefer writing a term paper to taking an examination. 我寧愿寫一篇學期論文也不愿參加考試。

I prefer staying at home to going out. 我覺得在家里比出去好。

Thousands of children nowadays prefer doing their homework to a background of pop-music to doing it in a quiet room.成千上萬的孩子如今一邊聽流行音樂一邊做作業(yè)，也不愿在安安靜靜的房間里做。

She has always preferred marking her own clothes rather than buying them in the shops.她向來喜歡自己做衣服，而不到商店里去買衣服。

6.Prefer+不定式+rather than+不定式

本句型中，第一個不定式前面要加to，第二個不定式前面以不加to居多。

例如： He prefer to die rather than become traitor.他寧死也不做叛徒。 Older people often fear change. They know what they can do best. They prefer to repeat t

7、prefer＋ that從句“寧愿”（從句一般用虛擬語氣）I prefer that you should do it.我寧愿你做這件事.

prefer的用法例句

I prefer walking alone. 我喜歡一個人溜達。

I prefer my coffee black. 我喜歡喝不加奶的咖啡。

I prefer the seaside to the mountains. 我喜歡海邊，不喜歡山區(qū)。

He preferred that such comments should cease. 他希望停止這種議論。

I would prefer it if you didn’t tell anyone. 我希望你別告訴任何人。

I far prefer swimming to cycling. 我喜歡游泳遠勝于騎自行車。