prefer是一个及物动词,相当于like better,意为"宁愿;较喜欢",其现在分词、过去式要双写词尾-r,再加-ing, -ed,即preferring, preferred,其用法如下:
1. prefer可单独使用,也可后跟名词、代词,意为"喜欢某人或某物"。如:
Which subject do you prefer, English or maths?英语和数学,你更喜欢哪一科?
Do you prefer apples or bananas?你更喜欢苹果还是香蕉?
2. prefer后可接v-ing,也可接不定式,表示"宁愿做某事","特别喜欢做某事"。如:
Few children prefer working to playing. 很少有孩子只爱工作不爱玩耍。
I prefer to buy new cards. 我宁愿买新的卡片。
3. prefer后接不定式的复合结构作宾语,即prefer sb. to do sth.表示"宁愿某人做某事"。如:
I prefer him to do it in a different way. 我更希望他用不同的方法去做。
4. prefer...to...意为"喜欢......而不喜欢......","喜欢......胜过......","宁愿......而不愿......",用作宾语的是名词、代词或v-ing,其中to是介词,不是动词不定式符号。如:
He prefers English to Chinese. 比起语文他更喜欢英语。
He prefers swimming to surfing. 同冲浪相比,他更喜欢游泳。
5. prefer to do sth rather than (to)do sth.表示"宁愿做......而不愿做......",此结构中,prefer后须跟动词不定式,而rather than后则接带to或不带to的不定式均可。如:
She prefers to stay at home rather than (to)go with us. 她宁愿呆在家里,也不愿和我们一起去。
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