老外最常用的英文短语 第309期:prefer A rather than B
时间:2019-03-13 作者:英语课 分类:老外最常用的英文短语
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释义:
prefer 1 A rather 2 than B 与其做B,不如做A
同样表示比较对象,但用 rather than 代替了 to,表示与其做某事,不如做某事。
例句:
Most kids 3 prefer to enjoy free 4 time rather than study.
很多人在闲暇时间更喜欢娱乐,而不是学习。
She said 5 that she prefers 6 traveling 7 rather than staying at home.
她说,比起在家待着,她更喜欢出去旅游。
对话:
A: I prefer spring rather than summer.
我喜欢春天大于夏天。
B: Me too. Summer is much too hot.
我也是。夏天太热了。
adv.宁愿,宁可;相当
- I would rather go out tonight,if you don't mind. 如果你不介意的话,我宁愿今晚出去。
- This book is rather too easy for this boy.这本书对于这个孩子来说太简单。
n.小孩( kid的名词复数 );年轻人;小山羊;小山羊皮
- My funny drawings amused the kids. 我的滑稽图画把孩子们逗乐了。
- The neighbours' kids are the bane of my life . 街坊邻居的孩子让我生活得很不安宁。
adj.自由的,免费的;v.使自由;adv.随意地
- I don't have much free time.我没有多少空闲时间。
- There really is no free lunch.天下果然没有免费的午餐。
v.动词say的过去式、过去分词
- He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
- He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。
v.提出(请求、控诉等)( prefer的第三人称单数 );提升;建议;选择某事物(而不选择他事物)
- He prefers his steak well done. 他喜欢吃煎得熟透的牛排。
- This plant prefers alkaline soil, though it will readily tolerate some acidity. 这种植物在酸性土壤中也能生存,但硷性土壤更加适宜。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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