關於prefer 的所有固定詞組及含意

prefer vt.寧願 (選擇)，更喜歡1. I’d prefer it if… 我希望……I would prefer it if you didn’t tell anyone. 我希望妳別告訴任何人。(D103)I should prefer it if you did not go there alone. 我倒希望妳不要壹個人去那裏。(D08)註意if從句通常用過去式，且if從句前的it不能省略。2. prefer to do / doing sth 寧願做某事，更喜歡做某事She prefers to be / being alone. 她寧願獨自壹人。(D08)The donor prefers to remain anonymous. 捐贈者希望不披露姓名。(D103)註意用不定式或動名詞的區別是：表示壹般情況通常用動名詞，表示特定動作通常用不定式。另外，當動詞prefer與would或should連用時，它總是表示特定的想法，所以其後總是接不定式。如：正：We would prefer to do it later. 我們寧願以後做它。誤：We would prefer doing it later.3. prefer sb to do sth 寧願某人做某事Would you prefer me to stay? 妳願意我留下來嗎？(D103)Their father prefers them to be home early. 他們的父親希望他們早點兒回家。(D08)4. prefer (doing) sth to (doing) sth 喜歡……而不喜歡……，寧願……而不願……I prefer the town to the country. 我喜歡城市而不喜歡農村。He prefers working to sitting idle. 他喜歡幹活而不喜歡閑呆著。(D21)註意這類結構的prefer前有時也可用would, should等。如：We would prefer playing outdoors to watching television. 我們寧願在外面玩而不願看電視。5. prefer to do sth rather than do sth 喜歡……而不喜歡，寧願……而不願……He prefers to read rather than watch television. 他喜歡讀書而不喜歡看電視。註意該句型rather than後的動詞通常用動詞原形，有時也用帶to不定式或用動名詞，但均不及用動詞原形常見。◆摘自《中學英語高頻詞詳解詞典》◆