would+rather的用法总结

高中英语语法总结：would rather的用法

■后面直接接动原形，否定式在rather后加not。如：

He’d rather work in the countryside．她宁可到农村去工作。

I’d rather not tell you about it．那件事我宁愿不告诉你。

I’d rather not say anything．我宁可什么也不说。

Which would you rather have，tea or coffee?你喜欢喝茶；还是咖啡?

■would rather．．．than．．．．或would rather…than…表示“宁可（愿）……（而）不要（愿）……或“与其……不如……”。如：

I’d rather play tennis than swim．（＝I’d play tennis rather than swim．）我宁愿去打网球而不愿去游泳。

注：当than后的动词原形与前面的动词原形相同时可以省去。如：

I’d rather go on Sunday than on Monday．我宁愿星期天去而不在星期一去。

有时可将rather than置于句首来加强语气。如：

Rather than refuse to help you，I would borrow money from my friends．我宁可向朋友借钱，也不愿拒绝帮助你。

■后接从句时，从句谓语动词要用过去式，即表示现在或将来要做的事，用一般过去式，表示过去要做的事用过去完成时。如：

I would rather you came tomorrow．我宁愿你明天来。

He’d rather you came on Friday．他比较希望你在星期五来。

I would rather you didn’t mention the price．我愿意你别提价钱。

I’d rather she sat （didn’t sit）next to me．我愿意她坐（不坐）在我旁边。

I’d sooner （rather）you didn’t ask me to speak．我宁愿你别请我讲话。

I’d rather you had been / hadn’t been present。我（宁）愿你当时在场/ 不在场。

I’d rather you hadn’t told him the news that day．我真希望你那天没有把那消息告诉他。

I’d rather you had been / hadn’t been present。我（宁）愿你当时在场/ 不在场。

■would rather 接动词的完成式，表示主语要做某事，而结果事与愿违。如：

I’d rather have left a note on her desk．我本想留张字条在她书桌上的。

If she’d had the chance，she’d rather have lived 100 years ago．如属可能，她宁愿生活在100年以前。

“At that time，I would rather have been a factory worker than an animal keeper，”he said．“那时，我宁愿做一个工厂工人，也不愿做动物饲养员，”他说道。

If I’d lived in 1400．I’d rather have been a knight than a monk．如果我生活在1400年，我宁愿当骑士，不当修道士。