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一、would rather意思是“宁愿、宁可、更、最好、还是……为好”，后接动词原形,常省略为’d rather，表示优先选择的一种方式。其否定形式是would rather not do sth.。would rather没有人称和数的变化，所有的人称一律用would rather。
“would rather+动词原形”是英语中常见的一个惯用句式，美国英语中多用had rather。would (had)在此决无“过去”之意，它是一个情态助动词，且无词性、时态变化。例：
I’d rather not talk about it. 我宁可不谈那个。
He’d rather work in the countryside. 她宁可到农村去工作。
——Shall we go and see that film? ——I’d rather stay in.
“我们去看那部电影好吗？” “我宁可留在家里。”
二、如果在两者中进行取舍，表示“宁愿……而不愿……，与其……宁可……”的意思时，则可用would rather…than…或would…rather than…的句型。例：
She would rather have the small one than the large one. 她宁愿要小的一个而不要大的。
The children would walk there rather than take a bus.
孩子们宁愿步行去那里而不愿乘公共汽车。
请注意:
1)would rather…than…/would…rather than…也可以颠倒为：rather than…would…。Would(rather)和than后都接不带to的动词不定式，若选用的动词相同，那么than 后的动词可以省略。例：
He would rather have vegetables than pork. 他宁愿吃青菜也不吃猪肉。
He would rather drink water than coke． 他宁可喝水也不喝可乐。
Rather than work in such bad condition, he would give up.
与其在这样差的条件下工作，他宁愿放弃。
2)使用would rather…than…句型时要注意“平行结构”，即在than的前后要用两个同类的词或词组，如两个名词、两个不定式、两个介词短语等。例：
I would rather go to work on foot than by bus. 我宁愿步行也不愿乘公共汽车去上班。
I would rather speak in Chinese than in English. 我宁愿用汉语说也不愿用英语说。
三、would rather后的宾语从句，引导词that常省略，从句谓语动词采用虚拟语气。与现在或将来事实相反时，从句谓语动词用过去式；与过去事实相反时，从句谓语动词则用过去完成时。例：
I’d rather I hadn’t met you. 我宁愿从来就没遇见过你。
I’d rather you came tomorrow than today. 我宁愿你明天来，不要今天来。
请注意:
1) 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时，主句一般为I had rather,其(that)从句则用过去完成时。 例：
I’d rather she hadn’t come back alone. 我宁愿她不是独自一人回来的。
2)如果只涉及主语本人而不涉及另一个人，则would rather之后不接that从句而接have done结构。例：
I would rather have been together with mother than stayed at home alone last night.
我真希望昨天晚上是跟妈妈在一起而不是独自呆在家里。
四、would rather/sooner和prefer/would prefer的区别：
would rather和would sooner之间一般没有区别，但would rather更常用。例：
She would rather/sooner read than talk． 她宁可读书而不愿聊天。
She prefers reading to talking． 汤姆喜欢读书而不喜欢聊天。
请注意：
1)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 riding to driving．=He would rather ride than drive． 他喜欢骑车而不喜欢开车。
I prefer tennis to football．= I’d rather play tennis than football． 我喜欢打网球而不喜欢踢足球。
2)某些 prefer+名词的情况不能用 would rather完全确切地表达出来。如：
He prefers dogs to cats．（他喜欢狗而不喜欢猫。）和 He would rather have dogs than cats．（他宁可养狗而不愿养猫。）很明显，这两句的意思并不完全相同。
3)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 water？
——I’d prefer a coffee．=I’d rather have coffee than water．
——您想喝点水吗？
——我想喝点咖啡。/我想喝点咖啡，不想喝水。
4)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．
我们是乘船去的,可我本想乘飞机去。（我愿意乘飞机去，可愿望未能实现。）
这和 would like+不定式的完成式有点相似，would like+带to的不定式的完成式也表示未能实现的愿望。
“would rather+动词原形”是英语中常见的一个惯用句式，美国英语中多用had rather。would (had)在此决无“过去”之意，它是一个情态助动词，且无词性、时态变化。例：
I’d rather not talk about it. 我宁可不谈那个。
He’d rather work in the countryside. 她宁可到农村去工作。
——Shall we go and see that film? ——I’d rather stay in.
“我们去看那部电影好吗？” “我宁可留在家里。”
二、如果在两者中进行取舍，表示“宁愿……而不愿……，与其……宁可……”的意思时，则可用would rather…than…或would…rather than…的句型。例：
She would rather have the small one than the large one. 她宁愿要小的一个而不要大的。
The children would walk there rather than take a bus.
孩子们宁愿步行去那里而不愿乘公共汽车。
请注意:
1)would rather…than…/would…rather than…也可以颠倒为：rather than…would…。Would(rather)和than后都接不带to的动词不定式，若选用的动词相同，那么than 后的动词可以省略。例：
He would rather have vegetables than pork. 他宁愿吃青菜也不吃猪肉。
He would rather drink water than coke． 他宁可喝水也不喝可乐。
Rather than work in such bad condition, he would give up.
与其在这样差的条件下工作，他宁愿放弃。
2)使用would rather…than…句型时要注意“平行结构”，即在than的前后要用两个同类的词或词组，如两个名词、两个不定式、两个介词短语等。例：
I would rather go to work on foot than by bus. 我宁愿步行也不愿乘公共汽车去上班。
I would rather speak in Chinese than in English. 我宁愿用汉语说也不愿用英语说。
三、would rather后的宾语从句，引导词that常省略，从句谓语动词采用虚拟语气。与现在或将来事实相反时，从句谓语动词用过去式；与过去事实相反时，从句谓语动词则用过去完成时。例：
I’d rather I hadn’t met you. 我宁愿从来就没遇见过你。
I’d rather you came tomorrow than today. 我宁愿你明天来，不要今天来。
请注意:
1) 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时，主句一般为I had rather,其(that)从句则用过去完成时。 例：
I’d rather she hadn’t come back alone. 我宁愿她不是独自一人回来的。
2)如果只涉及主语本人而不涉及另一个人，则would rather之后不接that从句而接have done结构。例：
I would rather have been together with mother than stayed at home alone last night.
我真希望昨天晚上是跟妈妈在一起而不是独自呆在家里。
四、would rather/sooner和prefer/would prefer的区别：
would rather和would sooner之间一般没有区别，但would rather更常用。例：
She would rather/sooner read than talk． 她宁可读书而不愿聊天。
She prefers reading to talking． 汤姆喜欢读书而不喜欢聊天。
请注意：
1)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 riding to driving．=He would rather ride than drive． 他喜欢骑车而不喜欢开车。
I prefer tennis to football．= I’d rather play tennis than football． 我喜欢打网球而不喜欢踢足球。
2)某些 prefer+名词的情况不能用 would rather完全确切地表达出来。如：
He prefers dogs to cats．（他喜欢狗而不喜欢猫。）和 He would rather have dogs than cats．（他宁可养狗而不愿养猫。）很明显，这两句的意思并不完全相同。
3)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 water？
——I’d prefer a coffee．=I’d rather have coffee than water．
——您想喝点水吗？
——我想喝点咖啡。/我想喝点咖啡，不想喝水。
4)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．
我们是乘船去的,可我本想乘飞机去。（我愿意乘飞机去，可愿望未能实现。）
这和 would like+不定式的完成式有点相似，would like+带to的不定式的完成式也表示未能实现的愿望。