prefer的三个固定搭配

prefer译为更喜爱，宁可，关于prefer的用法也有很多，在学习中也比较常见，它有多种搭配形式，下面我们详细的来学习一下prefer的用法。

prefer的三个固定搭配

prefer的搭配

1、prefer sth./prefer doing sth. 意为“宁愿/ 更喜欢做某事”

I prefer some apples.

我更喜欢苹果。

I prefer eating some apples.

我宁愿吃苹果。

2、prefer to do sth. 意为“愿意做某事”

I prefer to stay at home.

我更愿意呆在家里。

3、prefer sb.to do sth. 意为“宁愿某人做某事”

My father preferred me to go to local college. 

我的爸爸宁愿我上本地大学。

4、prefer+动名词+to+动名词，此处也可以用名词。

I prefer writing poems to talking about how to write them. 

我比较喜欢写诗而不大喜欢谈论如何写诗。

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。

5、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。

6、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。

7、prefer+sb+动词不定式

I prefer her not to come. 

我宁愿她不来。

Their father prefers them to be home early.

他们的父亲宁愿他们早点回家。

prefer的基本解释

prefer是一个英语单词，动词，作及物动词时意思是“更喜欢；宁愿；提出；提升”，作不及物动词时意思是“喜欢；愿意”。

示例：

I prefer coffee in the morning.

我早晨喜欢喝咖啡。

I prefer reading non-fiction.

我喜欢看纪实作品。

Choose whichever brand you prefer.

挑选你喜欢的那个品牌。

prefer和would rather有何区别

prefer：当表达普遍的偏好时，我们会使用prefer to …或者prefer doing 

would rather：意思是“宁愿、宁可、更、最好、还是为好”，后接动词原形，常省略为‘d rather，表示优先选择的一种方式，举个例子：

I don't like cities. I prefer to live in the country or I prefer living in the country.

我不喜欢城市，我偏向于生活在乡下。

这种情况下，prefer to和prefer doing都可以表达想要偏向于的意思。

You would rather stay at home and do some reading this evening.

今晚你最好呆在家中读点书。

练习：

1. Li Lei said that he ______ （prefer） _____ （send） e-mail to ____ （write） letters.

2. His father prefers _____ （stay） in the village rather than _____ （move） to the city.

3. Our teacher said she _____ （prefer） reading magazines to watching TV.

4. I prefer___ to staying at home after dinner but wouldn't like ___now.

A. to walk; walking B. walking ; to walk C. to walk; to walk D walking; walking5. –Which do you ____, milk or tea?

--- Neither, I _____ juice best.

A. like；prefer B. prefer；like C. prefer；prefer D. like；like

答案：

1. preferred；sending；writing

2. to stay；move

3. preferred

4. B

5. B