prefer的用法总结大全

vt.更喜欢; 提升，提拔; 给予（债权人）优先权; 提出（控告）;

vi.更喜欢，宁愿;

1.prefer 名词


——Would you like meat or fish?


——I'd prefer meat，please.


2.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。


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.我喜欢在家里度周末。


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.他们的父亲宁愿他们早点回家。


I thought you would prefer me not to knock.


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


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

7、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.

I prefer walking alone. 我喜欢一个人溜达。

I prefer my coffee black. 我喜欢喝不加奶的咖啡。

I prefer the seaside to the mountains. 我喜欢海边，不喜欢山区。

He preferred that such comments should cease. 他希望停止这种议论。

I would prefer it if you didn’t tell anyone. 我希望你别告诉任何人。

I far prefer swimming to cycling. 我喜欢游泳远胜于骑自行车。