【问】 Would you prefer going to the bookshop now or later?(薄冰等编《英语语法手册》(修订版，P.214)

would prefer可以接动名词吗?

【答】 动词prefer本身既可接动词不定式，也可接动名词，例句见prefer to do/doing。但是，would(should) prefer一般只接名词、动词不定式或that从句。would (should) prefer接动名词的情形是非常罕见的。

1. Would you prefer a cocktail?(EED)

你要一杯鸡尾酒吗?

2. Would you prefer to dance? (Close)

你愿意跳舞吗?

3. Would you prefer that I come on Monday instead of on Tuesday? (LDCE)

你想让我星期一来，而不是星期二来吗?

4. I’d prefer that he remain forgotten. (EED)

我希望他仍然被遗忘。