would_rather的用法小结

would rather的用法

1.含义。“宁愿/可,更/最好,还是…为好”。

2.用法。常+V原,常省略为’d rather。无人称,数,词性,时态变化,所有的人称情况均用would rather.

3.否定形式。would rather not do sth。例: Mr Li would rather not listen to rock music

4.在两者中取舍,表“宁愿……而不愿……/与其……宁可……”时，则可用would rather…than…或would…rather than…句型. 例: I would rather watch TV at home than go to the cinema.

The children would walk there rather than take a bus.

5.would rather+从句，常用的虚拟语气句型,谓语一般用过去时来表示现在或将来。在谈到过去的动作时，谓语则用过去完成时。

例: John wants to see me today. I would rather he came to tomorrow than today. 句中came不是表示过去而是表示将来. 注意:如果谈到过去的动作，也就是表示过去已经发生的事情在选择上不恰当。

此时，主句一般为I had rather ,其（that）从句则用过去完成时。例Would rather you had not done that.

四、would rather和prefer的区别。

例:Tom would rather read than talk. Tom prefers reading to talking．

注意:would rather后跟不带to的不定式+than+不带to的不定式，而prefer后跟动名词+to+动名词。

有时prefer后面也可跟名词，而在would rather之后要求只带动词原形。

例: He prefers wine to beer．= He would rather drink wine than beer．

@某些prefer+名词的情况不能用would rather完全确切地表达出来：

例:He prefers dogs to cats./He would rather have dogs than cats.很明显，这两句的意思并不完全相同。

@ would rather+不带to的不定式有时可代替would prefer+带to的不定式。

例: I’d rather fly than go by sea．=I’d prefer to fly．我宁愿乘飞机也不愿乘船。

@这两个结构后面带名词时情况也一样：

例: —Would you like some gin？—I’d prefer a coffee．=I’d rather have coffee than gin．

@would rather/sooner和would prefer后面都可跟完成式，但后者带to。

例: We went by sea but I’d rather have gone by air=I’d prefer to have gone by air．

(我愿意乘飞机去，可我的愿望未能实现）