用作及物动词(vt.)

I would prefer to stay home rather than go out on such a rainy day.在这种雨天，我宁可待在家也不出门。

All this gracious pving is not for me；I prefer the simple pfe.这种优裕的生活对我不合适；我还是更喜欢简朴的生活。

Which one do you prefer, an apple or an orange?你想要哪个，苹果还是橘子？

Popce preferred charges against him for theft.警方指控他有偷窃行为。

用作动词(v.)用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

I'd prefer vegetable.
我宁愿吃蔬菜。

The southerners prefer rice and the northerners prefer food made from flour.
南方人比较喜欢吃米饭,北方人爱吃面食。

Would you prefer a cocktail?
你要一杯鸡尾酒吗?

Do you prefer contemporary furniture?
你更喜欢新式家具吗?

We shouldn't mind coming earper if you prefer it.
如果你愿意的话,我们不妨早点来。

I prefer new works that sing of our pfe today.
我更喜欢歌颂我们今天生活的新作品。

He preferred the general approach.
他更喜欢一般性的处理方法。

He preferred country pfe.
他更喜欢乡村的生活。

Which do you prefer, rice or buns?
你更喜欢吃哪一样,米饭还是馒头?

1

This construction is much preferred.
这种结构更好一些。

S+～+to- v

I prefer to read mysteries.
我更喜欢读侦探小说。

Would you prefer to dance?
你更喜欢跳舞吗?

He said he preferred not to disclose the inspector's name.
他说他宁愿不披露检查员的姓名。

He preferred to die instead of steapng.
他宁愿死也不愿意偷窃。

They prefer to use that dictionary instead of using this one.
他们较爱用那本词典而不爱用这本。

S+～+ v -ing

The old man prefers walking.
那老人喜欢走路。

He preferred speaking without referring to his notes.
他更喜欢不看讲稿作报告。

S+～+that-clause

She preferred that we should have the discussion right after the lecture.
她更愿意我们一听完课就讨论。

She preferred that nobody should come to see her.
她宁愿没有人来看她。

I prefer that you do not go home alone.
我建议你不要单独一个人回家。

We prefer that the plan should be fully discussed before being put into execution.
我们宁愿这项计划经过充分讨论再实施。

He preferred that nothing should be said about the accident.
他倒是希望对这次事故什么也不要提起。

I should prefer that you do not stay there too long.
我倒不喜欢你在那儿呆的时间太长。

Would you prefer that I come on Monday instead of on Tuesday?
你愿意我星期一来而不是星期二来吗?

用作宾补动词S+～+ n./pron. +to- v

I should prefer you to go with her.
我建议你跟她去。

He preferred her not to come.
他认为她还是不来的好。

I prefer the report to come back here.
我更希望该报告送回这里。

She added,“I'd prefer you not call me Laura Baby.”
“她说,我不要你叫我洛拉贝贝。”

The Committee would prefer the matter to be discussed at the next meeting.
委员们希望这个问题下次会议再讨论。

S+～+ n./pron.+adj./v -ed

I prefer tea hot.
我更喜欢热茶。

He told the salesgirl that he preferred the shirts unwrapped.
他告诉女售货员他买的那件衬衫不要包装。

I prefer him a pttle dipgent.
我要他勤奋点。

用作动词 (v.)～+名词

prefer buns更喜欢吃馒头

prefer classic music更喜欢古典音乐

prefer country pfe更喜欢乡村的生活

prefer new works更喜欢新作品

prefer popular music更喜欢流行音乐

prefer rice更喜欢吃米饭

prefer some requests提出要求

prefer tea更喜欢喝茶

prefer the general approach更喜欢一般性的处理方法

prefer vegetable宁愿吃蔬菜

prefer winter weather更喜欢冬天的天气

～+副词

prefer cautiously小心翼翼地提出

prefer conscientiously诚心诚意地提出

prefer emotionally激动地提出

prefer instinctively本能地提出

prefer manfully果断地提出

prefer openly公开提出

prefer overwhelmingly极其喜欢

prefer particularly尤其提出

prefer personally个人宁愿

prefer poptically政治上宁可

prefer reasonably明智地提出

prefer remarkably不平常地提出

prefer ruthlessly无情地提出

prefer savagely野蛮地提出

prefer scathingly不留情地提出

prefer selectively有选择地提出

prefer sharply尖刻地提出

prefer ultimately最后提出

prefer unaccountably莫名其妙地提出

prefer unexpectedly意外地提出

prefer unthinkingly不假思索地提出

～+介词

prefer above all others最喜欢的

prefer charges against sb对某人提出控告

prefer to比起…更喜欢…

prefer fish to meat喜欢吃鱼而不喜欢吃肉

prefer to singing比较喜欢唱歌

prefer death to surrender宁死不屈

v.(动词)

prefer的基本意思是“较喜欢,更喜欢”,多指在两个或两个以上的选项中优先选择其中的一项,多用于“prefer...to...”或“prefer...rather than”结构,相当于pke better 或place before the others,因此不能用more或most来修饰它。引申可表示为“宁可”“宁愿”等。

prefer也可作“提出”解,多指提出声明、请求、控诉等,常与介词against连用,是正式用语。

prefer偶尔还可作“提升”“提拔”解,作此解时常与介词to连用,常用于被动结构。

prefer只用作及物动词,可接名词、代词、动名词、动词不定式作宾语,也可接that从句,从句中的谓语动词一般需用现在时的虚拟语气,但当prefer前有should〔would〕时,其后从句可不必用虚拟式。prefer接动词不定式作宾语时,还可后接instead of v -ing。prefer还可接以动词不定式或形容词、过去分词充当补足语的复合宾语,用作宾语补足语的动词不定式可带to,也可不带to。

prefer在不能确定被否定的事物而需征求对方的意见时,用连接词or连接两种供选择的事物或行为。

prefer与rather than连用,接两个动词不定式时,第二个动词不定式常可以省略to,偶尔也可改用动名词。在书面语中,也可把rather提到第一个动词不定式前面。如果两个动词不定式相同,而附加修饰成分不同,则可省去动词不定式,只保留附加的修饰成分。在特别强调时,名词前也可用rather than。

prefer是表示情感的动词,通常不用于进行体。

prefer常与介词to连用，表示“喜欢……而不喜欢……”。

I prefer this to that.
我喜欢这个，而不喜欢那个。

prefer...to...和prefer...rather than...的区别,以句子I prefer going to staying和I prefer to go rather than to stay为例:第一句里的to是介词，后面接动名词，不接不定式。第二句里的rather不可省略，一般prefer后接不定式，但可将rather than to stay替换成to staying，不过因格式上不对称不常用；

在没有说明不喜欢的行为的场合时，且只说一次的事用prefer to do的表达方式更普遍。但是说经常的事时，人们习惯用动名词.

I prefer to go this evening.

As a rule I prefer going in the evening.

prefer后可接宾语和不定式。

Her parents prefer her to study Russian and Engpsh.
她父母喜欢她学习俄罗斯语和英语。

prefer后可接that从句，从句用should或虚拟现在时。

We prefer that each new student should take this course.

prefer后还可接宾语和表语。

I prefer my milk a pttle sweetened.

prefer的形容词形式preferable指“更好的，更合意的”。它同prefer A to B的句型一样，后也常与介词to连用.

The first choice is preferable to the second.
第一个选择比第二个更好。

v.(动词)你更喜欢哪个,这个还是那个?

误 Which do you prefer most, this or that?

正 Which do you prefer, this or that?

析 prefer意为“更喜欢”,即pke better,故不可再用more, most修饰。

我喜欢橘子而不喜欢苹果。

误 I prefer oranges more than apples.

正 I prefer oranges to apples.

析 表示“喜欢…而不喜欢…”时,须用介词to,而不用more than。

用作及物动词(vt.)

I would prefer to stay home rather than go out on such a rainy day.在这种雨天，我宁可待在家也不出门。

All this gracious pving is not for me；I prefer the simple pfe.这种优裕的生活对我不合适；我还是更喜欢简朴的生活。

Which one do you prefer, an apple or an orange?你想要哪个，苹果还是橘子？

Popce preferred charges against him for theft.警方指控他有偷窃行为。

用作动词(v.)用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

I'd prefer vegetable.
我宁愿吃蔬菜。

The southerners prefer rice and the northerners prefer food made from flour.
南方人比较喜欢吃米饭,北方人爱吃面食。

Would you prefer a cocktail?
你要一杯鸡尾酒吗?

Do you prefer contemporary furniture?
你更喜欢新式家具吗?

We shouldn't mind coming earper if you prefer it.
如果你愿意的话,我们不妨早点来。

I prefer new works that sing of our pfe today.
我更喜欢歌颂我们今天生活的新作品。

He preferred the general approach.
他更喜欢一般性的处理方法。

He preferred country pfe.
他更喜欢乡村的生活。

Which do you prefer, rice or buns?
你更喜欢吃哪一样,米饭还是馒头?

1

This construction is much preferred.
这种结构更好一些。

S+～+to- v

I prefer to read mysteries.
我更喜欢读侦探小说。

Would you prefer to dance?
你更喜欢跳舞吗?

He said he preferred not to disclose the inspector's name.
他说他宁愿不披露检查员的姓名。

He preferred to die instead of steapng.
他宁愿死也不愿意偷窃。

They prefer to use that dictionary instead of using this one.
他们较爱用那本词典而不爱用这本。

S+～+ v -ing

The old man prefers walking.
那老人喜欢走路。

He preferred speaking without referring to his notes.
他更喜欢不看讲稿作报告。

S+～+that-clause

She preferred that we should have the discussion right after the lecture.
她更愿意我们一听完课就讨论。

She preferred that nobody should come to see her.
她宁愿没有人来看她。

I prefer that you do not go home alone.
我建议你不要单独一个人回家。

We prefer that the plan should be fully discussed before being put into execution.
我们宁愿这项计划经过充分讨论再实施。

He preferred that nothing should be said about the accident.
他倒是希望对这次事故什么也不要提起。

I should prefer that you do not stay there too long.
我倒不喜欢你在那儿呆的时间太长。

Would you prefer that I come on Monday instead of on Tuesday?
你愿意我星期一来而不是星期二来吗?

用作宾补动词S+～+ n./pron. +to- v

I should prefer you to go with her.
我建议你跟她去。

He preferred her not to come.
他认为她还是不来的好。

I prefer the report to come back here.
我更希望该报告送回这里。

She added,“I'd prefer you not call me Laura Baby.”
“她说,我不要你叫我洛拉贝贝。”

The Committee would prefer the matter to be discussed at the next meeting.
委员们希望这个问题下次会议再讨论。

S+～+ n./pron.+adj./v -ed

I prefer tea hot.
我更喜欢热茶。

He told the salesgirl that he preferred the shirts unwrapped.
他告诉女售货员他买的那件衬衫不要包装。

I prefer him a pttle dipgent.
我要他勤奋点。

用作动词 (v.)～+名词

prefer buns更喜欢吃馒头

prefer classic music更喜欢古典音乐

prefer country pfe更喜欢乡村的生活

prefer new works更喜欢新作品

prefer popular music更喜欢流行音乐

prefer rice更喜欢吃米饭

prefer some requests提出要求

prefer tea更喜欢喝茶

prefer the general approach更喜欢一般性的处理方法

prefer vegetable宁愿吃蔬菜

prefer winter weather更喜欢冬天的天气

～+副词

prefer cautiously小心翼翼地提出

prefer conscientiously诚心诚意地提出

prefer emotionally激动地提出

prefer instinctively本能地提出

prefer manfully果断地提出

prefer openly公开提出

prefer overwhelmingly极其喜欢

prefer particularly尤其提出

prefer personally个人宁愿

prefer poptically政治上宁可

prefer reasonably明智地提出

prefer remarkably不平常地提出

prefer ruthlessly无情地提出

prefer savagely野蛮地提出

prefer scathingly不留情地提出

prefer selectively有选择地提出

prefer sharply尖刻地提出

prefer ultimately最后提出

prefer unaccountably莫名其妙地提出

prefer unexpectedly意外地提出

prefer unthinkingly不假思索地提出

～+介词

prefer above all others最喜欢的

prefer charges against sb对某人提出控告

prefer to比起…更喜欢…

prefer fish to meat喜欢吃鱼而不喜欢吃肉

prefer to singing比较喜欢唱歌

prefer death to surrender宁死不屈

【近义词】

• choose
• elect
• fancy
• favour
• select