下面是學習啦小編整理的一些關于prefer用法歸納，希望讓大家更好地認識prefer這個單詞，提高英語水平。

　　prefer的正確用法歸納

　　1、后接不定式時與rather than 或instead of連用，

　　如：He prefered to die rather than (to) steal. / He perfered to die instead of stealing.他寧死也不去偷竊。

　　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.她寧死也不做叛徒。

　　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驗在如法炮制而不愿冒失敗的危險。

　　She preferred to sew rather than to knit.

　　她喜歡縫紉而不喜歡編織。

　　2)rather than 也可以至于句首：

　　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呆在家里。

　　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的路到你母親那里度周末，到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. 她寧可自己承擔全部責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

　　形偶爾也可見到。如：

　　Mr. Brunner prefers chemistry rather than physics.

　　有人認為兩者的區(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? 我們喝么呢?

　　I should prefer port rather than sherry. 我寧愿和葡萄酒而不合雪利酒。

　　7) prefer + that從句

　　Would you prefer that I come on Monday instead of onTuesday?

　　你寧愿讓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。

　　2、注意介詞搭配，

　　如： I prefer swimming to skating. (I like swimming better than skating.)我喜歡游泳勝過滑冰。

　　prefer 因其本身含有比較之意，而不可再與more 或most連用。

　　3、prefer+名詞或動名詞“寧愿”，“更喜歡”。

　　He comes from Shanghai, so he prefers rice. 他是上海人，因此更喜歡吃米飯。

　　I prefer going by bike.我寧愿騎單車去。I prefer the white one.我喜歡那個白的。

　　4、prefer to do “愿意做”。

　　I prefer to go at once.我愿意馬上就走。

　　5、prefer sb. to do “愿意某人做”

　　I prefer you to go at once.我倒希望你馬上就走。

　　6、prefer to sth.“寧愿做...而不做...”.

　　I prefer tea to milk.我寧愿喝茶也不喝牛奶。

　　I prefer watching TV to going out. 我寧愿看電視也不出去。

　　7、prefer to do sth. rather than do sth.“寧愿做...而不做...”

　　I prefer to watch TV rather than go out.我寧愿呆在家里也不出去。

　　8、prefer+ that從句“寧愿”(從句一般用虛擬語氣)

　　I prefer that you should do it.我寧愿你做這件事。