A I like hot weather better than cold.相當于：

　　I prefer hot weather to cold.

　　Id rather/sooner have hot weather than cold.

　　我喜歡熱天，不喜歡冷天。

　　I like skiing better than skating.相當于：

　　I prefer skiing to skating.

　　Id rather/sooner ski than skate.

　　我喜歡滑雪勝于滑冰。

　　B I liked playing in matches better than watching them.相當于：

　　I preferred playing matches to watching them.

　　我喜歡參加比賽而不喜歡觀看比賽。(這里不能用 would rather/soon-er。)

　　C Would you like to start today or would you rather wait/would you pre-fer to wait till tomorrow?

　　Id rather go today(than wait till tomorrow).Id rather not wait./ Id prefer to stary today.Id prefer not to wait.

　　你愿意今天動身呢，還是寧愿等到明天?

　　我寧愿今天動身(而不愿等到明天)。我不想等了。

　　Id rather deliver it by hand than post it.

　　這東西我寧愿親手遞交也不想郵寄。

　　He says hed rather go to prison than pay the fine.

　　他說他寧愿蹲監獄也不肯交罰款。

　　Id rather pay his fine for him than let him go to prison.

　　我寧愿替他交罰款，也不愿讓他蹲監獄。

　　rather than would+不帶to的不定式可用于較正式的英語中：

　　Rather than let him go to prison， I would pay his fine myself.

　　我寧肯自己代他付罰款，也不愿讓他蹲監獄。

　　D prefer與rather的一些例句：

　　Do you want Ann to repair it herself?

　　Id prefer her to ring/Id rather she rang the electrician./Id rather

　　she didnt try to repair it herself.

　　您想讓安自己來修嗎?

　　我想還是讓她打電話給電工更好。/我不想讓她自己修。

　　They want to camp in my garden but Id rather they didnt.Id ratherthey camped by the river.

　　他們想要在我的園子里露營，不過我不想讓他們在我的園子里露營。

　　我寧愿他們在河邊露營。

　　He usually has a pub lunch，but shed prefer him to come home for ameal/shed rather he came home for lunch.Shed rather he didntspend money in pubs.

　　他一般在小酒館里吃午飯，但她寧愿他回家吃飯/她寧愿他回家吃午飯。她不愿他把錢花在小酒館里。

　　A I like hot weather better than cold.相當于：

　　I prefer hot weather to cold.

　　Id rather/sooner have hot weather than cold.

　　我喜歡熱天，不喜歡冷天。

　　I like skiing better than skating.相當于：

　　I prefer skiing to skating.

　　Id rather/sooner ski than skate.

　　我喜歡滑雪勝于滑冰。

　　B I liked playing in matches better than watching them.相當于：

　　I preferred playing matches to watching them.

　　我喜歡參加比賽而不喜歡觀看比賽。(這里不能用 would rather/soon-er。)

　　C Would you like to start today or would you rather wait/would you pre-fer to wait till tomorrow?

　　Id rather go today(than wait till tomorrow).Id rather not wait./ Id prefer to stary today.Id prefer not to wait.

　　你愿意今天動身呢，還是寧愿等到明天?

　　我寧愿今天動身(而不愿等到明天)。我不想等了。

　　Id rather deliver it by hand than post it.

　　這東西我寧愿親手遞交也不想郵寄。

　　He says hed rather go to prison than pay the fine.

　　他說他寧愿蹲監獄也不肯交罰款。

　　Id rather pay his fine for him than let him go to prison.

　　我寧愿替他交罰款，也不愿讓他蹲監獄。

　　rather than would+不帶to的不定式可用于較正式的英語中：

　　Rather than let him go to prison， I would pay his fine myself.

　　我寧肯自己代他付罰款，也不愿讓他蹲監獄。

　　D prefer與rather的一些例句：

　　Do you want Ann to repair it herself?

　　Id prefer her to ring/Id rather she rang the electrician./Id rather

　　she didnt try to repair it herself.

　　您想讓安自己來修嗎?

　　我想還是讓她打電話給電工更好。/我不想讓她自己修。

　　They want to camp in my garden but Id rather they didnt.Id ratherthey camped by the river.

　　他們想要在我的園子里露營，不過我不想讓他們在我的園子里露營。

　　我寧愿他們在河邊露營。

　　He usually has a pub lunch，but shed prefer him to come home for ameal/shed rather he came home for lunch.Shed rather he didntspend money in pubs.

　　他一般在小酒館里吃午飯，但她寧愿他回家吃飯/她寧愿他回家吃午飯。她不愿他把錢花在小酒館里。