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。
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。