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
