Question

prefer to的意思及同义短语

Answer 1

prefer to的意思一般有两个.

1、prefer sb to do sth：宁愿由某人做某事

例：Our teachers prefer us not to swim in the river.我们老师宁愿我们不下河去游泳!

2、prefer A to B 在A和B中更喜欢A

例：I prefer teacher Li to teacher Wang .王老师和李老师比较起来我更喜欢李老师.

I prefer cooking myself to eating out.我宁愿自己做饭也不愿出去吃.

特别注意：在这个用法中肯定的是前者,A和B必须在形式上保持一致,要么是名词,要么是动名词.

prefer to的同义短语可以是“better do A rather than do B”.

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