音标:[priˈfə:z] ;
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)
v like better; value more highly
v select as an alternative over another
v promote over another
v give preference to one creditor over another

prefer的用法和样例:

例句

用作及物动词(vt.)
  1. I would prefer to stay home rather than go out on such a rainy day.在这种雨天,我宁可待在家也不出门。
  2. All this gracious living is not for me;I prefer the simple life.这种优裕的生活对我不合适;我还是更喜欢简朴的生活。
  3. Which one do you prefer, an apple or an orange?你想要哪个,苹果还是橘子?
  4. Police preferred charges against him for theft.警方指控他有偷窃行为。

常见句型

用作动词(v.)
用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.
  1. I'd prefer vegetable.我宁愿吃蔬菜。
  2. The southerners prefer rice and the northerners prefer food made from flour.南方人比较喜欢吃米饭,北方人爱吃面食。
  3. Would you prefer a cocktail?你要一杯鸡尾酒吗?
  4. Do you prefer contemporary furniture?你更喜欢新式家具吗?
  5. We shouldn't mind coming earlier if you prefer it.如果你愿意的话,我们不妨早点来。
  6. I prefer new works that sing of our life today.我更喜欢歌颂我们今天生活的新作品。
  7. He preferred the general approach.他更喜欢一般性的处理方法。
  8. He preferred country life.他更喜欢乡村的生活。
  9. Which do you prefer, rice or buns?你更喜欢吃哪一样,米饭还是馒头?
  10. 1
  11. This construction is much preferred.这种结构更好一些。
S+~+to- v
  1. I prefer to read mysteries.我更喜欢读侦探小说。
  2. Would you prefer to dance?你更喜欢跳舞吗?
  3. He said he preferred not to disclose the inspector's name.他说他宁愿不披露检查员的姓名。
  4. He preferred to die instead of stealing.他宁愿死也不愿意偷窃。
  5. They prefer to use that dictionary instead of using this one.他们较爱用那本词典而不爱用这本。
S+~+ v -ing
  1. The old man prefers walking.那老人喜欢走路。
  2. He preferred speaking without referring to his notes.他更喜欢不看讲稿作报告。
S+~+that-clause
  1. She preferred that we should have the discussion right after the lecture.她更愿意我们一听完课就讨论。
  2. She preferred that nobody should come to see her.她宁愿没有人来看她。
  3. I prefer that you do not go home alone.我建议你不要单独一个人回家。
  4. We prefer that the plan should be fully discussed before being put into execution.我们宁愿这项计划经过充分讨论再实施。
  5. He preferred that nothing should be said about the accident.他倒是希望对这次事故什么也不要提起。
  6. I should prefer that you do not stay there too long.我倒不喜欢你在那儿呆的时间太长。
  7. Would you prefer that I come on Monday instead of on Tuesday?你愿意我星期一来而不是星期二来吗?
用作宾补动词S+~+ n./pron. +to- v
  1. I should prefer you to go with her.我建议你跟她去。
  2. He preferred her not to come.他认为她还是不来的好。
  3. I prefer the report to come back here.我更希望该报告送回这里。
  4. She added,“I'd prefer you not call me Laura Baby.”“她说,我不要你叫我洛拉贝贝。”
  5. The Committee would prefer the matter to be discussed at the next meeting.委员们希望这个问题下次会议再讨论。
S+~+ n./pron.+adj./v -ed
  1. I prefer tea hot.我更喜欢热茶。
  2. He told the salesgirl that he preferred the shirts unwrapped.他告诉女售货员他买的那件衬衫不要包装。
  3. I prefer him a little diligent.我要他勤奋点。

常用短语

用作动词(v.)
prefer a charge〔charges〕 against
    控告; 告发 put forward a charge against; submit
prefer...rather than
    喜欢…胜过… like... better thanprefer sth rather than sth

    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 than

    The 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。

prefer to (v.+prep.)
    提升某人为 promote sb to a positionprefer sth to sth

    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-ing

    I 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 sth

    He was preferred to captain.

    他被提升为队长。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)
~+名词
  • prefer buns更喜欢吃馒头
  • prefer classic music更喜欢古典音乐
  • prefer country life更喜欢乡村的生活
  • prefer new works更喜欢新作品
  • prefer popular music更喜欢流行音乐
  • prefer rice更喜欢吃米饭
  • prefer some requests提出要求
  • prefer tea更喜欢喝茶
  • prefer the general approach更喜欢一般性的处理方法
  • prefer vegetable宁愿吃蔬菜
  • prefer winter weather更喜欢冬天的天气
~+副词
  • prefer cautiously小心翼翼地提出
  • prefer conscientiously诚心诚意地提出
  • prefer emotionally激动地提出
  • prefer instinctively本能地提出
  • prefer manfully果断地提出
  • prefer openly公开提出
  • prefer overwhelmingly极其喜欢
  • prefer particularly尤其提出
  • prefer personally个人宁愿
  • prefer politically政治上宁可
  • prefer reasonably明智地提出
  • prefer remarkably不平常地提出
  • prefer ruthlessly无情地提出
  • prefer savagely野蛮地提出
  • prefer scathingly不留情地提出
  • prefer selectively有选择地提出
  • prefer sharply尖刻地提出
  • prefer ultimately最后提出
  • prefer unaccountably莫名其妙地提出
  • prefer unexpectedly意外地提出
  • prefer unthinkingly不假思索地提出
~+介词
  • prefer above all others最喜欢的
  • prefer charges against sb对某人提出控告
  • prefer to比起…更喜欢…
  • prefer fish to meat喜欢吃鱼而不喜欢吃肉
  • prefer to singing比较喜欢唱歌
  • prefer death to surrender宁死不屈

经典引文

  • He was preferred Chief Baron of the Exchequer.

    出自:T. Fuller
  • Ferdinand promised..to prefer no foreigners to municipal offices.

    出自:W. H. Prescott

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