vt.更喜欢; 提升，提拔; 给予（债权人）优先权; 提出（控告）;
vi.更喜欢，宁愿;
1.prefer+名词
——Would you like meat or fish?
——I'd prefer meat，please.
2.prefer+动名词
Do you prefer cooling for yourself or eating in a restaurant?自己做饭还是喜欢下馆子？
—Do you like swimming?你喜欢游泳吗？
—Yes, but I prefer sailing.喜欢，但我更喜欢驾驶帆船。
3.prefer+不定式
Do you prefer to cook for yourself, or to eat in a restaurant?
I prefer to spend the weekend at home.我喜欢在家里度周末。
I would prefer to stay at home tonight. She prefers to be alone.
4.Prefer sb. to do sth.
Their father prefers them to be home early.他们的父亲宁愿他们早点回家。
I thought you would prefer me not to knock.
5.prefer A to B
在本句型中，A与B是平行结构，可以是名词，也可以都是动名词。
例如：
I prefer dogs to cats.在狗与猫之间我更喜欢狗。
Most people prefer trains to buses. 大多数人愿意坐火车而不愿坐汽车。
I prefer writing a term paper to taking an examination. 我宁愿写一篇学期论文也不愿参加考试。
I prefer staying at home to going out. 我觉得在家里比出去好。
Thousands of children nowadays prefer doing their homework to a background of pop-music to doing it in a quiet room.成千上万的孩子如今一边听流行音乐一边做作业，也不愿在安安静静的房间里做。
She has always preferred marking her own clothes rather than buying them in the shops.她向来喜欢自己做衣服，而不到商店里去买衣服。
6.Prefer+不定式+rather than+不定式
本句型中，第一个不定式前面要加to，第二个不定式前面以不加to居多。
例如： He prefer to die rather than become traitor.他宁死也不做叛徒。 Older people often fear change. They know what they can do best. They prefer to repeat t
7、prefer＋ that从句“宁愿”（从句一般用虚拟语气）I prefer that you should do it.我宁愿你做这件事.
I prefer walking alone. 我喜欢一个人溜达。
I prefer my coffee black. 我喜欢喝不加奶的咖啡。
I prefer the seaside to the mountains. 我喜欢海边，不喜欢山区。
He preferred that such comments should cease. 他希望停止这种议论。
I would prefer it if you didn’t tell anyone. 我希望你别告诉任何人。
I far prefer swimming to cycling. 我喜欢游泳远胜于骑自行车。