高考英語(yǔ)必背詞匯講座 W3

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兩者接不定式時(shí),可分別與than和rather than搭配,表示“寧愿...而不愿”,would rather...than與prefer...rather than的后半部分均接省去to的不定式。例如:He would rather work than play.他寧愿工作也不愿玩。He would rather be poor than get money in such a dishonest way.他寧愿受窮也不愿以這樣一種不誠(chéng)實(shí)的方法弄到錢。They preferred to die of hunger rather than take his bread.他們寧愿餓死也不愿接受他的面包。She prefers to be trouble rather than be taken care of by her parents.她寧愿有麻煩也不愿讓父母照顧她。
    prefer后能接名詞或動(dòng)名詞作賓語(yǔ),用動(dòng)名詞時(shí),表示一個(gè)習(xí)慣性的動(dòng)作。它也可與介詞to搭配,表示“喜歡...而不喜歡。would rather則不能接名詞及動(dòng)名詞。例如:Do you prefer coffee or tea?你喜歡咖啡還是茶?She prefers being alone.她喜歡一個(gè)人呆著。I prefer orange to red.相比于紅色,我更喜歡橙色。He prefers reading novels to watching TV.相比于看電視,他更喜歡看小說(shuō)。
    prefer可跟帶不定式的復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu),而would rather則沒(méi)有這種用法。例如:I prefer you not to come.我寧愿你不要來(lái)。I should prefer you not to stay there too long.我寧愿你別在那兒待得太久。
    would rather和prefer后都可接從句,從句中要用虛擬語(yǔ)氣:在would rather后的從句里,要用過(guò)去時(shí)態(tài)表示現(xiàn)在和將來(lái),用過(guò)去完成時(shí)態(tài)表示過(guò)去;