如题所述
prefer doing sth to doing sth
用法:喜欢做....胜过做....;比起做.....,更喜欢做.....
例句:I prefer listening to music to watching TV.
喜欢做听音乐胜过做看电视。
扩展资料:
prefer用法:
prefer意为“宁愿要”或“更喜欢”,与“like…better”意思比较接近,但使用不同。prefer后面可以接名词,不定式或V·ing形式构成动宾结构,还可以用prefer (doing) sth. to (doing) sth .的句型表示比较级,用法:
Prefer A to B:喜欢A胜于B。相当于like A better than B,to为介词,后面可接名词或动词
例句:
I prefer tea to milk . 我喜欢茶不太喜欢奶。
He told me he preferred the country life to the city life . 他告诉我,和城市生活相比,他更喜欢乡村生活。
2.Prefer单独使用时,相当于like very much .后面可接名词、代词、不定式。
例句:
She preferred to work and live with the common people . 她喜欢工作在普通人中间。
Do you prefer staying with your children on holidays ? 你喜欢和孩子们一起度假吗?
3.Prefer to do sth. rather than do:宁愿做…,也不愿做…。
例句:
I preferred to stay behind rather than go with you . 我宁愿留下来不愿和你们去。
She preferred to write to him rather than telephone him . 她宁愿给他写信也不愿给他打电话。