perfer用法的詳細(xì)解釋歸納
大家知道prefer有哪些用法嗎?下面,小編在這給大家?guī)韕erfer用法的詳細(xì)解釋歸納,歡迎大家借鑒參考!
1.prefer+名詞
——Would you like meat or fish?
——I'd prefer meat,please.
2.prefer+動名詞
Do you prefer cooling for yourself or eating in a restaurant?自己做飯還是喜歡下館子?
—Do you like swimming?你喜歡游泳嗎?
—Yes, but I prefer sailing.喜歡,但我更喜歡駕駛帆船。
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.我喜歡在家里度周末。
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.他們的父親寧愿他們早點回家。
I thought you would prefer me not to knock.
5.prefer A to B
在本句型中,A與B是平行結(jié)構(gòu),可以是名詞,也可以都是動名詞。例如:
I prefer dogs to cats.在狗與貓之間我更喜歡狗。
Most people prefer trains to buses.
大多數(shù)人愿意坐火車而不愿坐汽車。
I prefer writing a term paper to taking an examination.
我寧愿寫一篇學(xué)期論文也不愿參加考試。
I prefer staying at home to going out.
我覺得在家里比出去好。
Thousands of children nowadays prefer doing their homework to a background of pop-music to doing it in a quiet room.成千上萬的孩子如今一邊聽流行音樂一邊做作業(yè),也不愿在安安靜靜的房間里做。
She has always preferred marking her own clothes rather than buying them in the shops.她向來喜歡自己做衣服,而不到商店里去買衣服。
6.Prefer+不定式+rather than+不定式
1)本句型中,第一個不定式前面要加to,第二個不定式前面以不加to居多。例如: He prefer to die rather than become traitor.他寧死也不做叛徒。
Older people often fear change. They know what they can do best. They prefer to repeat their successes rather than risk failure.年紀(jì)大的人常常怕變化。他們知道什么最拿手,寧愿把自己成功的經(jīng)驗再如法炮制也不愿冒失敗的危險。
She preferred to sew rather than to knit.她喜歡縫紉而不喜歡編織。
2)rather than也可以置于句首:
Rather than buy a car of his own, he prefers to rent one.
3)than后也可用動名詞:
I prefer to stay at home rather than go/going to see a film.我覺得與其去看電影倒不如待在家里。
I would prefer to spend the weekend at home rather than drive/driving all the way to your mother's.我覺得與其開車跑那么遠(yuǎn)的路到你母親那里度周末,倒不如在家里過更好些。
4) prefer…rather than中的rather也可以移到第一個不定式之前(prefer rather…than),這種用法多見于書面語。例如:He preferred rather to take the whole blame himself than to allow it to fall on the innocent. 他寧可自己承擔(dān)全部責(zé)任而不愿讓無辜的人受到連累。
5)prefer to do A rather than do B意義相同,試比較:Joe prefers skating to skiing.
Joe prefer to skate rather than ski.
Bill preferred playing soccer to swimming.
Bill preferred to play soccer rather than swim.
He preferred rating a car to having one of his own.
He prefers to rent a car rather than to have one of his own.他寧愿租車也不愿買車。
6)用prefer…rather than代替prefer…to連接名詞的形式偶爾也可見到。如:Mr. Brunner prefers chemistry rather than physics.
有人認(rèn)為兩者的區(qū)別是:prefer…to表示一般的傾向,prefer…rather than則表示在某種具體場合的選擇。如:What shall we have to drink,port or sherry?我們喝什么呢,葡萄酒還是雪利酒?
I should prefer port rather than sherry.我寧愿喝葡萄酒而不喝雪利酒。
7)prefer+that從句
Would you prefer that I come on Monday instead of on Tuesday?你寧愿讓我星期一來而不是星期二來嗎?
I prefer that someone else should do this.我覺得還是讓別人來做這件事比較好。
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