、prefertodosth=wouldratherdosth更喜欢做某事,宁愿做某事.

　　例如:I’dliketostayathome,butMaxpreferstoplay(play)footballonSundays.=I’dliketostayathome,butMaxwouldratherplay(play)footballonSundays.

　　注意点：1.prefertodosth不仅有人称变换,第三人称形式是preferstodosth,而且还有时态变化,过去时态为preferredtodosth.

　　2.wouldrather既无人称变化,也无时态变化.

　　二、prefertodosthratherthandosth=preferdoingsthto(doing)sth=wouldratherdosththandosth即preferAtoB,“比起B来更喜欢A”,其中to是介词.

　　例如:Allstudentsprefertotakethebusratherthanwalk.=Allstudentsprefertakingthebustowalking.=Allstudentswouldrathertakethebusthanwalk