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。

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