prefer A (名詞,…ing) to B (名詞,... ing) 喜歡A大于B
prefer A to B 則表示比起 B 更喜歡 A,A 和 B 可以都是名詞或者是動(dòng)名詞 ...ing。需要注意的是,比較對(duì)象前面可不是 than,而是 to。
例句:
I think I prefer New York to other cities in America.
我覺得在美國,我最喜歡紐約了。
I prefer eating out in a restaurant to sitting around at home.
比起在家待著,我喜歡出去吃。
She prefers text messaging to leaving voice messages.
比起語音留言,她更喜歡發(fā)短信。
對(duì)話:
A: I think I prefer New York to other cities in America.
我覺得在美國,我最喜歡紐約了。
B: Really? Is there some special reason for that?
真的?有什么特別的理由嗎?