would rather宁愿；宁可；更喜欢…；最好是；宁愿,宁可；例如：I would rather stay than go。我宁愿留下不愿去。prefer更喜欢；宁愿。例句：I prefer to stay at school。我宁愿呆在学校。
prefer与would rather都可以表示偏爱做……,宁愿做……,下面安颖老师就为同学们详细整理一下他们各自的用法,以及分别用在哪些句型结构当中,帮助同学们梳理知识脉络.
prefer 句型：
(1) prefer to do
例：I prefer to stay at school.
我宁愿呆在学校。
(2) prefer doing
例：I prefer playing football.
我喜欢踢足球。
(3) prefer sb to do
例：Would you prefer me to stay?
你愿意我留下来吗?
(4) prefer to do rather than do 宁愿做……而不愿.….
例：I prefer to travel by car rather than fly.
我宁愿开车去旅行而不愿搭飞机.
(5) prefer doing to doing
例：I prefer watching football to playing it.
我喜欢看足球，不喜欢踢足球。
(6) prefer sth to sth
例：I prefer juice to tea.
我喜欢果汁不喜欢茶。
would rather 句型：
(1) would rather do than do 宁愿做……而不愿做……
例：She would rather die than turn against his motherland.
她宁可死也不去背叛祖国。
(2) would rather (not)have done teacheray.com 宁愿做过(没做过)某事
例：I would rather have taken his advice.
我宁愿过去接受他的意见。
(3) would rather sb had done sth 宁愿某人过去做过某事(对过去的虚拟)
例：I would rather I had taken his advice last week.
我真希望上周采纳了他
的意见.
(4) would rather sb did sth 宁愿某人现在或将来做某事(对现在或将来的虚拟)
例： Who would you rather went with you?
你愿意谁和你一起去?
