我们知道prefer的意思是更喜欢，宁愿。下面我来详细的介绍一下prefer的用法说明，包括perfer的句型，希望对大家有用。 ? prefer的用法说明 ? 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