would

rather

not

是

wouldrather

的否定形式。“宁愿不。。。”

比较分析prefer

和would

rather的用法。

一、prefer

to

do

sth=

would

rather

do

sth更喜欢做某事，宁愿做某事。

例如:

i’d

like

to

stay

at

home

,

but

max

prefers

toplay(play)

football

onsundays.

=

i’d

like

to

stay

athome,

but

max

would

ratherplay(play)football

on

sundays.

注意点：

1.

prefer

to

do

sth

不仅有人称变换,第三人称形式是prefersto

do

sth

,

而且还有时态变化,

过去时态为preferred

to

do

sth。

2.

would

rather既无人称变化,也无时态变化。

二、prefer

to

do

sth

rather

than

do

sth=prefer

doing

sth

to(doing)

sth=would

rather

do

sth

than

do

sth

即prefer

a

to

b,

“比起b来更喜欢a”，其中to是介词。

例如:

all

students

prefer

to

take

the

bus

ratherthan

walk.

=

all

students

prefer

taking

the

bus

towalking.

=all

students

would

rather

take

the

busthan

walk