M9U1 Other countries, other culturesPeriod I Word study1
preference n 偏爱,优先,优先权have a preference for 偏爱…Tom has a preference for Chinese novels
Tom 喜欢中国小说
prefer v (preferred, preferred: preferring)a
prefer sth 喜欢"Do you like French
" "Yes, but I_______________
" "你喜欢法语吗
""喜欢,但是我更喜欢英语
" 注:prefer 是"比较喜欢,更喜欢"的意思,即 like better,因此就不能再与 better, more 等比较级词语连用
prefer to do sth
They ________________________________________________ in the streets
他们比较喜欢把早上剩下的时间都用来在街上闲逛
prefer doing sth
So you ___________ without referring to your notes
这么说,你更喜欢不看稿子做报告了
注: 这种 prefer 后面接动名词的结构,用来谈论一般情况下"更喜欢某种活动",而在一个特定场合下表示"特别喜欢"时,得用上述 prefer 后接动词不定式结构
prefer sb
to do sth
I _____________________to come to our art exhibition next week
我宁愿你们下星期抽出点时间来看看我们的美展
prefer A to B 与 B 相比更喜欢 A He prefers