词组 | prefer to do/prefer doing |
释义 | prefer to do/prefer doing2 【问】 “What kind of pen do you want to have?” “I prefer____to that blue one. ” A. having this red pen B. to have this red pen C. had this red pen D. this red pen having(TOEFL,72.1) 您在prefer to do/prefer doing1 条中指出它们两者之间并没有什么可觉察到的区别,但 是上面的试题为什么只能选A,而不能选B呢?这与您所说的似乎有矛盾。 【答】 上面的试题与prefer to do/prefer doing1 条中所谈的句型有所不同。这里所涉及的句型是prefer A to B。在这种句型中,如果A是动词,则采用-ing形式,而在prefer A rather than B句型中,如果A是动词,则应采用to-V形式,请对比下面的例句: 1. I prefer to walk there rather than go by bus. (Collins) 我宁愿步行去那里,而不愿意乘公共汽车去。 2. While he was in the office he prefered doing something to doing nothing. (Priestley) 当他在办公室时,他宁愿做点什么事,而不愿意无所事事。 (参见rather than to do) 赵振才 编著.英语常见问题解答大词典.哈尔滨:黑龙江人民出版社.1998.第911页. |
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