及物動詞:更喜愛、寧可、舉報、提出控告
常見搭配詞:
- prefer that S(should) V
希望… - prefer to do …
比較喜歡做
*口語較常用would rather do - prefer something to another thing
喜歡.(someting)..勝過..(another thing) - prefer Ving to Ving
喜歡…勝過…(表示一般或日常的愛好) - prefer to V rather than V原
比較喜歡做…而不是做…(特定情況或當下的愛好或選擇) - would prefer to V rather than V原
寧願做…而不願做…(特定情況或當下的愛好或選擇) - would prefer somebody (not) to do…
希望(較喜歡)某人(不要)做… - would prefer (not) to do…
寧願(不)做… - prefer something + adj (受詞補語)
較喜歡某物具有…的特質
例句:
- We prefer that each new student should take this course.
我們希望每個新生都應該參加這門課程 - I prefer black tea to green tea.
比起綠茶,我更喜歡紅茶 - He prefers playing video games to watching TV.
比起看電視,他更喜歡玩電子遊戲 - She prefers reading books to scrolling through social media.
比起瀏覽社交媒體,她更喜歡讀書 - I prefer to invest my money in stocks rather than real estate.
我更喜歡把錢投資在股票而不是房地產 - I’d prefer to stay in tonight rather than go out.
我寧願今晚呆在家裡也不願出去 - I would prefer to take the scenic route rather than the highway.
我寧願走風景優美的路線,也不願走高速公路
*rather than (take) the highway,take重複,所以被省略 - Do you prefer chicken or beef for dinner?
晚餐你喜歡雞肉還是牛肉? - As a rule, I prefer taking a walk after dinner.
通常,我更喜歡晚飯後散步 - I’d prefer not to go to the party with her.
我不想和她一起去參加聚會 - Would you prefer me to come earlier?
你希望我早點來嗎? - I prefer my coffee a little sweeter.
我更喜歡我的咖啡更甜一點
同義詞:
- favor 贊同、較喜歡、優惠、偏袒 vt. favor something over (rather than) another thing
- opt 選擇 (優先選擇) vt. 在幾個選項之間進行選擇
- choose 選擇 vt. 根據個人意願和判斷,從眾多的選項中進行選擇,著重被選者的優點
- select 選擇 vt. 較正式用字,強調精選
- pick 挑選 vt. 口語用字,從個人角度仔細挑選,也含任意挑選之意
- like better 比較喜歡 – prefer通常指兩者之間,like可以用於三者以上
- lean toward 傾向…
衍生字:
- preferable 更好的、較合適的 adj.
- preferably 可能的話、更好地 adv.
- preference 偏愛、偏袒、優先(權) n.
- preferential 優先的、優待的 adj.
- preferentially 優先地 adv.
- preferred 更合意的 (比較喜歡的) adj.