高考英語必背詞匯講座 W3

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兩者接不定式時,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實的方法弄到錢。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后能接名詞或動名詞作賓語,用動名詞時,表示一個習慣性的動作。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。
    prefer可跟帶不定式的復合結(jié)構(gòu),而would rather則沒有這種用法。例如:I prefer you not to come.我寧愿你不要來。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,從句中要用虛擬語氣:在would rather后的從句里,要用過去時態(tài)表示現(xiàn)在和將來,用過去完成時態(tài)表示過去;