prefer的用法總結

　　以下是小編為大家整理的prefer的用法總結，希望能幫助大家更好地認識prefer這個詞組，提高英語水平。

　　prefer的用法總結：

　　1.prefer+名詞

　　——Would you like meat or fish?

　　——I'd prefer meat，please.

　　2.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.

　　3.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.

　　4.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。

　　5.prefer A to B

　　在本句型中，A與B是平行結構，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 t

　　prefer的其他用法：

　　1、后接不定式時與rather than 或instead of連用，如：He preferred to die rather than (to) steal. / He perferred to die instead of stealing. 他寧死也不去偷竊。

　　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 sb. to do “愿意某人做” I prefer you to go at once.我倒希望你馬上就走。

　　5、prefer to do “愿意做”。I prefer to go at once.我愿意馬上就走。

　　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。

　　不能說prefer sth rather than sth

　　.prefer to do sth或prefer doing sth，(比較)喜歡做某事

　　I prefer eating apples/I prefer to eat apples.我比較喜歡吃蘋果。

　　2.prefer sth(比較)喜歡某物

　　3.prefer (doing) sth to (doing)sth 喜歡(做)....勝過(做)..../比起(做).....，更喜歡(做).....

　　I prefer(listening to) music to (watching) TV.

　　4.prefer to do sth rather than do sth 寧愿做...也不愿做...

　　I prefer to stay at home than go to a movie.

　　Rather than ________ on a crowded bus, he always prefers ________ a bicycle.

　　A. ride; ride B. riding; ride

　　*C. ride; to ride D. to ride; riding

　　及物動詞prefer相當于like sth. better, 意思是“寧愿; 較喜歡”, 現(xiàn)在分詞、過去式要雙寫-r,再加-ing, -ed，即preferring, preferred, preferred。作為重要考點的prefer用法較為靈活, 其主要用法歸納如下:

　　1. prefer + n. / pron. / doing / sth. 喜歡某人或某物; 寧愿做某事

　　Mr. Brown preferred spending his spare time doing some reading. 布朗先生比較喜歡把業(yè)余時間用來讀點書。

　　2. prefer ... to ... 喜歡……而不喜歡……;寧愿……而不愿……

　　用作賓語的是名詞、代詞或動詞的 -ing形式, 其中to是介詞, 不是動詞不定式符號。

　　He prefers English to Chinese. 比起漢語他更喜歡英語。

　　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寧愿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。

　　3. prefer sb. to do sth. 寧愿某人做某事

　　I prefer you to spare some time to come to our art exhibition next week. 我寧愿你們下周抽出點時間來看看我們的美術展。

　　4. prefer that sb. (should) do sth. 寧愿某人做某事

　　在that引導的賓語從句中,我們應當用虛擬語氣“should+動詞原形”,其中的should可以省略。

　　5. prefer to do ... rather than do ... 寧愿……而不愿……

　　Rather than go on holiday to the seaside I prefer to work days and go to school nights. 我寧愿白天工作, 晚上上學, 而不愿到海邊度假。

　　We prefer that each new student take a science course. 我們希望每位新生修一門理科課程。

　　I prefer that someone else should do this. 我覺得還是讓別人來做這件事比較好