I prefer tea rather than coffee.
我喜欢茶甚于喜欢咖啡。
What shall we have to drink?...red wine?...white wine?—I should prefer red wine rather than white wine.
我们喝点什么酒?…红葡萄酒?…白葡萄酒?——我愿喝红葡萄酒,不愿喝白葡萄酒。
prefer to-v rather thanThe old man was still in good health. He preferred to work in the garden rather than to sit idly.
那位老人仍然很健康,他愿在花园中做活而不愿闲坐着。
She preferred to keep her troubles to herself rather than to allow them to trouble others.
她宁愿不让别人知道自己的困难,也不肯让自己的困难去麻烦别人。
They preferred to stay at home rather than go to the movies.
他们宁可呆在家里,也不愿去看电影。
They preferred to die rather than surrender to the enemy.
他们宁死也不愿向敌人投降。
I would prefer to spend the weekend at home rather than driving all the way to your mother's.
我觉得与其开车跑那么远到你母亲那里去度周末,还不如呆在家里。
He preferred rather to take the whole blame himself than to allow it to fall on the innocent.
他宁肯自己承担全部责任,也不愿把责任推在清白的人身上。
He would prefer to meet me downstairs rather than upstairs.
他宁愿在楼下见我,而不愿在楼上。
I prefer red to blue.
我更喜欢红色而不喜欢蓝色。
Most Chinese preferred tea to coffee.
茶和咖啡相比大多数中国人更喜欢喝茶。
I much prefer dogs to cats.
我喜欢狗甚于喜欢猫。
I prefer country life to town life.
我更喜欢乡村生活而不喜欢城市生活。
prefer v-ing to v-ingI prefer skiing to skating.
我喜欢滑雪胜于滑冰。
He was very diligent; even on holidays, he preferred doing something to doing nothing.
他很勤劳,即使在假日里,他也宁愿做点什么事,而不愿闲着。
She is very traditional; she prefers dressing formally to wearing sport clothes.
她很守旧,喜欢穿正式的服装,而不喜欢穿运动装。
prefer sb to sthHe was preferred to captain.
他被提升为队长。
I prefer this to that.
我喜欢这个，而不喜欢那个。
I prefer to go this evening.
As a rule I prefer going in the evening.
Her parents prefer her to study Russian and English.
她父母喜欢她学习俄罗斯语和英语。
We prefer that each new student should take this course.
I prefer my milk a little sweetened.
The first choice is preferable to the second.
第一个选择比第二个更好。
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