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prefer的用法总结：

1.prefer+名词

——Would you like meat or fish?

——I'd prefer meat，please.

2.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.

3.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.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。

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 t

prefer的其他用法：

1、后接不定式时与rather than 或instead of连用，如：He preferred to die rather than (to) steal. / He perferred to die instead of stealing. 他宁死也不去偷窃。

2、注意介词搭配，如： I prefer swimming to skating. (I like swimming better than skating.)我喜欢游泳胜过滑冰。prefer 因其本身含有比较之意，而不可再与more 或most连用。

3、prefer+名词或动名词“宁愿”，“更喜欢”。He comes from Shanghai, so he prefers rice. 他是上海人，因此更喜欢吃米饭。I prefer going by bike.我宁愿骑单车去。I prefer the white one.我喜欢那个白的。

4、prefer sb. to do “愿意某人做” I prefer you to go at once.我倒希望你马上就走。

5、prefer to do “愿意做”。I prefer to go at once.我愿意马上就走。

6、prefer to sth.“宁愿做...而不做...”. I prefer tea to milk.我宁愿喝茶也不喝牛奶。I prefer watching TV to going out.

我宁愿看电视也不出去。

7、prefer to do sth. rather than do sth.“宁愿做...而不做...” I prefer to watch TV rather than go out.我宁愿呆在家里也不出去。

8、prefer+ that从句“宁愿”(从句一般用虚拟语气)I prefer that you should do it.我宁愿你做这件事。

不能说prefer sth rather than sth

.prefer to do sth或prefer doing sth，(比较)喜欢做某事

I prefer eating apples/I prefer to eat apples.我比较喜欢吃苹果。

2.prefer sth(比较)喜欢某物

3.prefer (doing) sth to (doing)sth 喜欢(做)....胜过(做)..../比起(做).....，更喜欢(做).....

I prefer(listening to) music to (watching) TV.

4.prefer to do sth rather than do sth 宁愿做...也不愿做...

I prefer to stay at home than go to a movie.

Rather than ________ on a crowded bus, he always prefers ________ a bicycle.

A. ride; ride B. riding; ride

*C. ride; to ride D. to ride; riding

及物动词prefer相当于like sth. better, 意思是“宁愿; 较喜欢”, 现在分词、过去式要双写-r,再加-ing, -ed，即preferring, preferred, preferred。作为重要考点的prefer用法较为灵活, 其主要用法归纳如下:

1. prefer + n. / pron. / doing / sth. 喜欢某人或某物; 宁愿做某事

Mr. Brown preferred spending his spare time doing some reading. 布朗先生比较喜欢把业余时间用来读点书。

2. prefer ... to ... 喜欢……而不喜欢……;宁愿……而不愿……

用作宾语的是名词、代词或动词的 -ing形式, 其中to是介词, 不是动词不定式符号。

He prefers English to Chinese. 比起汉语他更喜欢英语。

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宁愿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。

3. prefer sb. to do sth. 宁愿某人做某事

I prefer you to spare some time to come to our art exhibition next week. 我宁愿你们下周抽出点时间来看看我们的美术展。

4. prefer that sb. (should) do sth. 宁愿某人做某事

在that引导的宾语从句中,我们应当用虚拟语气“should+动词原形”,其中的should可以省略。

5. prefer to do ... rather than do ... 宁愿……而不愿……

Rather than go on holiday to the seaside I prefer to work days and go to school nights. 我宁愿白天工作, 晚上上学, 而不愿到海边度假。

We prefer that each new student take a science course. 我们希望每位新生修一门理科课程。

I prefer that someone else should do this. 我觉得还是让别人来做这件事比较好

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