prefer用法

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prefer用法

prefer用法
prefer用法

prefer用法
prefer的用法与语法
1.
用作动词,表示“更喜欢”“宁愿”等,后接动词时,可用不定式或动名词,其区别大致为:表示一般情况用动名词,表示特定动作用不定式.比较:
I prefer walking alone.我喜欢一个人溜达.
A:Can I give you a lift?你顺便坐我的车走吗?
B:No,thanks.I prefer to walk.不用了,我喜欢步行.
但是,与would或should连用时,总是表示特定的想法,所以其后总是接不定式.如:
正:We would prefer to do it later.我们宁愿以后做它.
误:We would prefer doing it later.
另外注意,当would prefer后接不定式被省略时,要注意保留其中的to,如:
A:Would you prefer to wait?你愿意等吗?
B:Yes,I’d prefer to.是的,愿意等.
2.可用于多种形式的复合结构(宾语补足语可以是形容词、介词短语、过去分词、不定式等).如:
I prefer my coffee black.我喜欢喝不加奶的咖啡.
I prefer the chair in its old place.我觉得这把椅子还是放在老地方好.
We preferred the house painted white 我们倒喜欢那座漆成白色的房子.
Their father prefers them to be home early.他们的父亲希望他们早点儿回家.
3.表示“宁愿……而不愿……”“喜欢……而不喜欢……”“与……相比,更喜欢……”等,其基本句型是prefer…to…和prefer…rather than…,其搭配习惯如下:
(1)用于prefer…to…时,主要用于比较两个名词或动名词.如:
I prefer the seaside to the mountains.我喜欢海边,不喜欢山区.
Tom prefers reading to talking.汤姆喜欢读书而不喜欢谈天.
这类结构的prefer前有时也可用would,should等.如:
We’d prefer playing outdoors to watching television.我们宁愿在外面玩而不愿看电视.
(2)用于prefer…rather than…时,主要用于比较两个不定式(后面的不定式通常省略to,但前面的不定式必须带to).如:
He prefers to read rather than watch television.他喜欢读书而不喜欢看电视.
She preferred to stay at home rather than (to) go out.和出门比起来,她比较喜欢待在家里.
后面的不定式有时也可用动名词(虽然不如用省略to的不定式普通).如:
I would prefer to spend the weekend at home rather than driving all the way to your mother’s.我觉得与其开车跑那么远到你母亲那里去度周末,倒不如在家过更好些.
在现代英语中,prefer…rather than…也可用于连接两个名词或动名词,此时的rather than也可换成介词to.如:
I should prefer beef rather than mutton.我宁愿吃牛肉而不愿吃羊肉.
I prefer swimming rather than cycling.比起骑自行车来我还是喜欢游泳.
4.其后有时接that从句作宾语,从句谓语动词通常用虚拟语气(用过去式或用should+v).如:
He preferred that such comments should cease.他希望停止这种议论.
I would prefer it if you didn’t smoke in here.我希望你不要在这里面吸烟.
5.其后不能直接跟if引导的从句,遇此情况需借助it,即说成I’d prefer it if…(我希望……).如:
I would prefer it if you didn’t tell anyone.我希望你别告诉任何人.
I would prefer that you did not mention my name.我倒希望你不要提及我的名字.
比较以下同义表达:
我倒希望你不要一个人去那里.
正:I should prefer that you did not go there alone.
正:I should prefer it if you did not go there alone.
正:I should prefer you not to go there alone.
6.若加强语气,可在其前使用much,very much,far等修饰语.如:
I far prefer swimming to cycling.我喜欢游泳远胜于骑自行车.
We much prefer the country to the town.我们喜欢乡下,不怎么喜欢城里.

Prefer A to B