1、prefer多用于“prefer。。。to。。。”或“prefer。。。rather than”结构,相当于like better 或place before the others,因此不能用more或most来修饰它。以下是人见人爱的小编分享的prefer的用法详解(最新5篇),如果对您有一些参考与帮助,请分享给最好的朋友。
prefer sth (to sth)
只表达喜欢某一个事物时,括号里的成分省略;涉及两个事物比较时,加上括号里的成分。下同。
具体如下:
1、 prefer sth
Does he prefer a particular sort of music?
他更喜欢某种特别的音乐吗?
2、 prefer sth to sth else
I prefer tea to coffee.
相比咖啡,我更喜欢茶。
prefer与would rather都可以表示偏爱做……,宁愿做……,下面安颖老师就为同学们详细整理一下他们各自的用法,以及分别用在哪些句型结构当中,帮助同学们梳理知识脉络。
prefer 句型:
(1) prefer to do
例:I prefer to stay at school.
我宁愿呆在学校。
(2) prefer doing
例:I prefer playing football.
我喜欢踢足球。
(3) prefer sb to do
例:Would you prefer me to stay?
你愿意我留下来吗?
(4) prefer to do rather than do 宁愿做……而不愿。…。
例:I prefer to travel by car rather than fly.
我宁愿开车去旅行而不愿搭飞机。
(5) prefer doing to doing
例:I prefer watching football to playing it.
我喜欢看足球,不喜欢踢足球。
(6) prefer sth to sth
例:I prefer juice to tea.
我喜欢果汁不喜欢茶。
would rather 句型:
(1) would rather do than do 宁愿做……而不愿做……
例:She would rather die than turn against his motherland.
她宁可死也不去背叛祖国。
(2) would rather (not)have done 宁愿做过(没做过)某事
例:I would rather have taken his advice.
我宁愿过去接受他的意见。
(3) would rather sb had done sth 宁愿某人过去做过某事(对过去的虚拟)
例:I would rather I had taken his advice last week.
我真希望上周采纳了他的意见。
(4) would rather sb did sth 宁愿某人现在或将来做某事(对现在或将来的虚拟)
例: Who would you rather went with you?
你愿意谁和你一起去?
用英语表达“宁愿”,可以用 prefer to 。.。 rather than 。.。,也可以直接用 prefer 。.。 to,但是要注意,前面内个句型中的 to 是个不定式符号,后者中的 to 是个介词。这样,前面的那个句型中,to 后面就要用动词原形,后面的那个 to 后面就得使用名词、代词、动名词。
先看:prefer to…rather than…的例句:
I prefer to live in England rather than go abroad.
我宁愿住在英格兰,不愿出国。或者译为:和出国相比,我宁愿住在英格兰。
再看:prefer…to…的用法:
I prefer coffee to tea.
和茶相比,我更喜欢咖啡。
实际上,prefer 的意思就是 like.。.。.。better,所以prefer 的基本用法和 like 的用法一样,比如你可以说:
I like apples.
I like to eat apples.
I like eating apples.
那么你就可以说:
I prefer apples.
I prefer to eat apples.
I prefer eating apples.
只不过,这个时候 prefer 表示“更喜欢”,含已接近 “宁愿”。
而 rather than 除了上面的用法,我们还可以“是。.。.。.而不是。.。.。.”,比如:
He is a teacher of anatomy rather than a doctor.
他是个解剖学老师,而不是个医生。或者译为:与其说他是个医生,不如说他是个解剖学老师。
prefer的用法和辨析相关文章:
prefer doing (to doing)
具体如下:
1、 prefer doing
I prefer watching TV at lunch.
我喜欢在吃午饭时看电视。
2、 prefer doing sth to doing sth else
I prefer staying at home to strolling outside.
我喜欢在家待着,而不喜欢在外面闲逛。
记熟之后,尽管在写作和口语中使用吧!
助记的语法要点:动词、名词、不定式都是名词性成分!
Which do you prefer, tea or coffee?
I became a teacher because I preferred books and people to politics.
我成为了一名教师是因为我更喜欢书籍和人而不是政治。
I prefer to think of peace not war.
我更喜欢思考和平而不是战争。