prefer什么意思中文,prefer to 的用法( 二 )


4) prefer …rather than 中的rather也可以移到第一个不定式之前(prefer rather…than) , 这种用法多见于书面语 。例如:
He preferred rather to take the whole blame himself than to allow it to fall on the innocent 。
她宁可自己承担全部责任而不愿让无辜的人受到连累 。
5) prefer to do A rather than do B 意义相同 , 试比较:
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 。
他宁愿租车也不愿买车 。
6) 用prefer…rather than代替prefer…to连接名词的情形偶尔也可见到 。
如:
Mr 。Brunner prefers chemistry rather than physics 。
有人认为两者的区别是:prefer…to表示一般的倾向 , prefer…rather than则表示在某种具体场合的选择 。如:
What shall we have to drink, port or sherry? 我们该喝什么呢?
I should prefer port rather than sherry 。
我宁愿和红葡萄酒而不合雪利酒 。
7) preferthat从句
Would you prefer that I come on Monday instead of on Tuesday?
你宁愿让星期一来而不是星期二来吗
I prefer that someone else should do this 。
我觉得还是让别人来做这件事比较好 。

prefer to do?是喜欢做某事
prefer A to B?是和B比比较喜欢A
prefer to doing A rather than doing B?是宁愿做A也不愿做B
prefer to do means 宁愿做某事
prefer A to B means 选择A而不是B
preferto doing A rather thandoing B means 宁愿做A事而不做B 事

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