如何使用 prefer
prefer 是一个用法较多的动词。本文结合中学课本对它的用法作一归纳，供同学们学习时参考。
一、后接名词，表示“更喜欢”某人、某物或某种方式。例如：
I prefer girls，because they are easier to bring up，and more hard working. 我更喜欢女孩子，因为她们比较容易抚养，而且更勤奋。 I prefer science. 我更喜欢理科。
The old woman prefers country life.
这位老太太更喜欢乡村生活。
二、后接 -ing 分词，表示一般情况下更喜欢某种活动。例如： — Do you like swimming？ 你喜欢游泳吗？
— Yes，but I prefer sailing. 喜欢，但我更喜欢驾驶帆船。 I prefer walking along. 我比较喜欢一个人溜达。
三、疑问代词 which 作其宾语时，表示在特定的范围内选择更喜欢的人、物或活动等。例如：
— Which would you prefer， tea or coffee？
你更喜欢哪种饮料，茶还是咖啡？
— Tea. 茶。
— Which do you prefer， horse-riding or shooting？
你更喜欢哪种运动，骑马呢还是射击？
— Shooting. 射击。
四、后接介词 to，构成“prefer + n./v-ing + to + n./v-ing”句式，意为“喜欢/宁要……而不喜欢/不愿……”。例如：
I prefer honest children to dishonest ones.
我喜欢诚实的孩子，而不喜欢不诚实的孩子。
The boy would prefer playing outdoors to watching TV at home. 那个男孩宁愿在外面玩也不愿在家看电视。
He preferred death to becoming a traitor.
他宁死也不当叛徒。
五、后接不定式，表示在特定的场合下“宁愿”做某事。例如： — Can I give you a lift？你顺便坐我的车走，好吗？
— No，thanks，I prefer to walk. 不用了，谢谢，我宁愿步行。 We also believe that many more people will prefer to travel by plane. 我们也相信会有更多的人宁愿乘飞机旅行。
— Why not go out with us now？为什么现在不和我们一起外出呢？ — I prefer to be alone. 我宁愿独自一人呆着。
六、后接复合宾语。
1. 后接不定式作其宾语补足语，意为“建议、宁愿、喜欢”某人做某事或某事被做。例如：
I'd prefer them not to play too much in their spare time.
我建议他们业余时间不要玩得太多。
I don't prefer people to smoke here. 我不喜欢有人在这儿抽烟。
They would prefer the question to be discussed at the next meeting. 他们宁愿下次会议再讨论这个问题。
2. 后接形容词作其宾语补足语。例如：
His wife would prefer him dead. 他的妻子更愿意让他死了的好。
3. 后接过去分词作其宾语补足语。例如：
He told the salesgirl that he preferred the shirts unwrapped.
他告诉女售货员他买的那几件衬衫不要再包了。
七、与 rather than 连用时，构成“prefer to do rather than (to) do ”和“ prefer doing rather than doing ”句式，意为“宁愿……不愿……”。例如：
I prefer to go to the movies rather than （to） stay home.
我宁愿去看电影也不愿呆在家里。
She always prefers starting early rather than leaving everything to the last minute.
她喜欢趁早做事，不愿把事情拖到最后一分钟。
也可以用 instead of doing 代替 rather than (to) do/doing. 例如：
I prefer to start now rather than wait any longer.
(＝ I prefer to start now instead of waiting any longer.)
我宁愿现在就动身也不愿再等下去了。
有时为了强调，可以把 rather than do 提到句首。例如：
Rather than ride on a crowded bus， he always prefers to ride a bicycle. 他就是不愿乘拥挤的公共汽车而宁愿总是骑自行车。
八、后接宾语从句时，从句中的谓语动词要用虚拟语气。
1. 从句中可用“(should) ＋ 动词原形”。例如：
Would you prefer that I （should）go with you？你愿意我和你一起去吗？
2. 从句中谓语动词用一般过去时表示现在或将来，用过去完成时表示过去。例如： I'd prefer that you didn't smoke in front of the children.
我希望你别在孩子们跟前抽烟。
Don't come and see me again today. I'd prefer you came tomorrow. 今天不要再来看我，我倒宁愿你明天再来。
I'd prefer she had repaired her car last night. 但愿她昨晚就把车修好了。
第二篇：prefer的用法小结
prefer的用法小结
我们知道prefer的意思是更喜欢，宁愿。下面我们详细的来学习一下prefer的用法，包括perfer的句型。
1.prefer+名词
——Would you like meat or fish?
——I'd prefer meat，please.
2.prefer+动名词
Do you prefer cooling for yourself or eating in a restaurant?自己做饭还是喜欢下馆子？ —Do you like swimming?你喜欢游泳吗？
—Yes, but I prefer sailing.喜欢，但我更喜欢驾驶帆船。
3.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.我喜欢在家里度周末。 I would prefer to stay at home tonight. She prefers to be alone. 4.Prefer sb. to do sth.
Their father prefers them to be home early.他们的父亲宁愿他们早点回家。
I thought you would prefer me not to knock.
5.prefer A to B
在本句型中，A与B是平行结构，可以是名词，也可以都是动名词。例如：
I prefer dogs to cats.在狗与猫之间我更喜欢狗。
Most people prefer trains to buses.
大多数人愿意坐火车而不愿坐汽车。
I prefer writing a term paper to taking an examination.
我宁愿写一篇学期论文也不愿参加考试。
I prefer staying at home to going out.
我觉得在家里比出去好。
Thousands of children nowadays prefer doing their homework to a background of pop-music to doing it in a quiet room.成千上万的孩子如今一边听流行音乐一边做作业，也不愿在安安静静的房间里做。
She has always preferred marking her own clothes rather than buying them in the shops.她向来喜欢自己做衣服，而不到商店里去买衣服。
6.Prefer+不定式+rather than+不定式
1)本句型中，第一个不定式前面要加to，第二个不定式前面以不加to居多。例如： He prefer to die rather than become traitor.他宁死也不做叛徒。
Older people often fear change. They know what they can do best. They prefer to repeat t
prefer的用法
1、后接不定式时与rather than 或instead of连用，如：He preferred to die rather than (to) steal. / He perferred to die instead of stealing. 他宁死也不去偷窃。
2、注意介词搭配，如： I prefer swimming to skating. (I like swimming better than skating.)我喜欢游泳胜过滑冰。prefer 因其本身含有比较之意，而不可再与more 或most连用。
3、prefer＋名词或动名词“宁愿”，“更喜欢”。He comes from Shanghai, so he prefers rice. 他是上海人，因此更喜欢吃米饭。I prefer going by bike.我宁愿骑单车去。I prefer the white one.我喜欢那个白的。
4、prefer to do “愿意做”。I prefer to go at once.我愿意马上就走。
5、prefer sb. to do “愿意某人做” I prefer you to go at once.我倒希望你马上就走。
6、prefer to sth.“宁愿做...而不做...”. I prefer tea to milk.我宁愿喝茶也不喝牛奶。I prefer watching TV to going out.
我宁愿看电视也不出去。
7、prefer to do sth. rather than do sth.“宁愿做...而不做...” I prefer to watch TV rather than go out.我宁愿呆在家里也不出去。
8、prefer＋ that从句“宁愿”（从句一般用虚拟语气）I prefer that you should do it.我宁愿你做这件事。
不能说prefer sth rather than sth
.prefer to do sth或prefer doing sth，（比较）喜欢做某事
I prefer eating apples/I prefer to eat apples.我比较喜欢吃苹果。
2.prefer sth（比较）喜欢某物
3.prefer (doing) sth to (doing)sth 喜欢(做）....胜过（做）..../比起（做）.....，更喜欢（做）..... I prefer(listening to) music to (watching) TV.
4.prefer to do sth rather than do sth 宁愿做...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
及物动词prefer相当于like sth. better, 意思是“宁愿; 较喜欢”, 现在分词、过去式要双写-r,再加-ing, -ed，即preferring, preferred, preferred。作为重要考点的prefer用法较为灵活, 其主要用法归纳如下:
1. prefer + n. / pron. / doing / sth. 喜欢某人或某物; 宁愿做某事
Mr. Brown preferred spending his spare time doing some reading. 布朗先生比较喜欢把业余时间用来读点书。
2. prefer ... to ... 喜欢……而不喜欢……；宁愿……而不愿……
用作宾语的是名词、代词或动词的 -ing形式, 其中to是介词, 不是动词不定式符号。
He prefers English to Chinese. 比起汉语他更喜欢英语。
Thousands of children nowadays prefer doing their homework to a background of pop music to doing it in a quiet room. 成千上万的孩子如今宁愿一边听流行音乐一边做作业，也不愿在安安静静的房间里做。
3. prefer sb. to do sth. 宁愿某人做某事
I prefer you to spare some time to come to our art exhibition next week. 我宁愿你们下周抽出点时间来看看我们的美术展。
4. prefer to do ... rather than do ... 宁愿……而不愿……
Rather than go on holiday to the seaside I prefer to work days and go to school nights. 我宁愿白天工作, 晚上上学, 而不愿到海边度假。
5. prefer that sb. (should) do sth. 宁愿某人做某事
在that引导的宾语从句中,我们应当用虚拟语气“should+动词原形”,其中的should可以省略。
We prefer that each new student take a science course. 我们希望每位新生修一门理科课程。
I prefer that someone else should do this. 我觉得还是让别人来做这件事比较好