to spend the weekend at home rather than driving all the way to your mother's. : vt. (-rr-)1.(比较起来)喜欢...(而不喜欢...);宁可...(而不...);比起...来还是...好;宁愿选择;更喜欢 (to, above, before)。2.提起,提出(声明、请求、控诉等)。3.提升,提拔;任命;录用;,介绍。4.【法律】给与(某债权人等)优先获得偿付权。5.建议;申请。 短语和例子 I prefer water to wine. 我喜欢水不喜欢酒。 prefer working to sitting idle 喜欢 干活而不喜欢闲呆着。 prefer the country to the town 比起城市来还是乡下好。 prefer a claim to property 提出一项财产要求。 prefer charge against . 控告某人。 a preferred share [stock] 【商业】优先股。 ★ 1. prefer 后接 rather than 的习惯用法: He preferred to do this rather than that. 他说宁愿做这个,不愿做那个。 2. 比较部分常有省略: prefer to wait (rather than go at once) (与其马上就走)还是等一等的好。 prefer to lee it alone = prefer that it should be left alone 还是听其自然的好。 prefer . for 提升某人为...。