一、后接动词原形
二、后接完成式动词
三、后接从句
四、用于would rather…than…结构
五、用于口语表达I’d rather not
would rather
英 [wud ˈrɑ:ðə] 美 [wʊd ˈræðɚ]
宁愿, 宁可
一、后接动词原形
后接动词原形,表示“宁愿做某事”。如:
I’d rather be told the truth than be lied to. 我宁愿听真话,不愿被欺骗。
I’ll go if you’re going. If not, I’d rather stay at home. 你去我就去,否则我宁可待在家里。
“How about a drink?” “I’d rather have something to eat.”“喝一杯怎么样?”“我宁愿来点吃的。”
注:would rather的否定式,通常要将not置于rather之后。如: I’d rather not say anything. 我宁可什么也不说。
二、后接完成式动词
后接完成式动词,表示过去的想法,通常可译为“(本来)宁愿做某事”。如:
We went by sea, but I’ d rather have gone by air. 我们是乘船去的,可我本想乘飞机去。
三、后接从句
后接从句时,从句谓语要用虚拟语气。具体说来,有以下两种情况:
1. 指现在或将来用过去时。如:
I’d rather you knew that now, than afterwards. 我宁愿你现在知道而不是以后。
Don’t come and see me today—I’d rather you came tomorrow. 今天不要来看我——我希望你们明天来。
Tomorrow’s difficult. I’d rather yon came next weekend. 明天有困难。我希望你下周末来。
Ann said that Bill wanted to go alone but that she’d rather he went with a group. 安说比尔想一个人去,但她宁愿他跟一大群人一起去。
2. 指过去用过去完成时。如:
I’d rather he hadn’t told me about it 我宁愿他未告诉我这件事。
I’d rather she had asked me before borrowing the car. 我真希望她先问我一声再借车。
注:有时用于虚拟语气语境中。如:
If I’d lived in 1400, I’d rather have been a knight than a monk. 如果我生活在1400年,我宁愿当骑士,不当修道士。
If she’d had a chance, she’d rather have lived 100 years ago. 如果有机会她宁愿生活在100年前
四、用于would rather…than…结构
此结构表示“宁愿(做)……而不愿(做)……”。如:
I’d rather go hungry than eat that! 我宁可挨饿也不吃那种东西!
I’ d rather pay his fine for him than let him go to prison. 我宁愿替他交罚款,也不愿让他蹲监狱。
He would rather have the small one than (have) the large one. 他宁愿要小的那个,而不愿要大的。
I’d rather use my money than leave it lying in the bank. 我宁可把钱花了也不想存在银行里。
I’d rather have a room of my own. however small (it is), than share a room. 无论房间多么小,我宁愿一个人住一间,而不愿意与别人合住一个房间。
五、用于口语表达I’d rather not
口语中说I’d rather not,表示委婉的不同意,其意为“我宁愿不……”。如:
“Are you coming with us?” “I’d rather not.” “你和我们一起来吗?“”我不想。”
“Some more wine” “Thank you. I’d rather not. I have to drive home.” “再来一点酒好吗?”“不要了,我不能再喝了。我还得开车回家呢。”
The boys’ d rather go by air, wouldn’t they? 男孩子更愿意坐飞机走,对吗?
You’d rather not wake a sleeping dog, would you? 你总不想没事找麻烦,对吧?
一、would
rather意思是“宁愿、宁可、更、最好、还是为好”,后接动词原形,常省略为’d
rather,表示优先选择的一种方式。其否定形式是would
rather
not
do
sth。would
rather没有人称和数的变化,所有的人称一律用would
rather。
“would
rather+动词原形”是英语中常见的一个惯用句式,美国英语中多用had
rather。would
(had)在此决无“过去”之意,它是一个情态助动词,且无词性、时态变化。
二、如果在两者中进行取舍,表示“宁愿……而不愿……,与其……宁可……”的意思时,则可用would
rather…than…或would…rather
than…的句型。
三、在疑问句式中,would
rather
与would
rather…than…中的would要放在主语之前。
四、would
rather+从句,是一个常用的虚拟语气句型
Would
rather+从句,谓语一般用过去时来表示现在或将来。其意为“宁愿……,还是……
好些”“一个人宁愿另一个人做某事”。引导从句的that常省略。在谈到过去的动作时,谓语则用过去完成时。
五、would
rather/sooner和prefer/would
prefer的区别
would
rather和would
sooner之间一般没有区别,但经常接触到的是would
rather。
would
rather
后直接接动词的原形;例句
I
would
rather
go
tomorrow
than
today.
我宁愿明天去,不愿今天去。
I
would
rather
have
a
cup
of
tea.
我宁愿喝茶。
would
rather后面接从句时要用虚拟语气.表示现在或将来时,从句的谓语动词用一般过去时;若从句中表示过去,动词用过去完成时.例如:
They
would
rather
I
went
there
tomorrow.他们宁愿我明天去那里.
I
would
rather
that
you
hadn't
gone
to
the
cinema
yesterday
evening.要是你昨晚没去看电影就好了.
表示"宁可干……而不干……"要用句型would
rather
do
sth.
than
do
sth..例如:
I'd
rather
stay
at
home
than
go
out.我宁可呆在家里也不出去.
注:若than前后动词相同,则可省略than后面的动词,只保留与than前面不同的成分.例如:
I'd
rather
read
a
novel
than
a
poem.我宁愿看小说而不愿朗读诗歌.
He’d rather work in the countryside. 她宁可到农村去工作。
If you’d rather be alone, we’ll all leave here. 如果你宁愿独自呆着,那我们都离开这儿。
You would rather stay at home and do some reading this evening. 今晚你最好呆在家中读点书。
would rather与than连用,可构成另一个惯用句式,即:“would rather...than....”,意谓“宁可(愿)……(而)不要(愿)……”、“与其……不如……”。用以表达主语的意愿,强调经过选择后做其中一件事,而不愿做另一件事。例如:
I would rather watch TV at home than go to the cinema. 我宁可在家看电视而不愿去看电影。
The children would rather walk there than take a bus. 孩子们宁愿步行去那里而不乘公共汽车。
在使用“would rather...than...”句型时,应注意以下几点:
1. than 后边也应接动词原形,但如该句型前后连接的两个动词相同,则than之后的那个动词可省去。例如:
I’d rather you know that now than afterwards. 我宁可你现在就知道这件事,而不是以后。
2. would rather...than...也可改写“would...rather than...”,其用法及含义仍不变。例如:
Facing the enemies, our soldiers would die rather than surrender. 面对敌人,我们的战士宁死不屈。
3. 有时,为了表示语气上的强调,还可将rather than置于句首,例如:
Rather than refuse to help you, I would borrow money from my friends. 我宁可向朋友借钱,也不愿拒绝帮助你。
4. would rather后可跟从句,表示主语宁愿让某人干某事。从句谓语动词用虚拟语气,即用一般过去时表示现在或将来要做的事;用过去完成时表示过去要做的事。如:
I’d rather she set out to do the work now. 我宁愿她现在就着手做这项工作。
I’d rather you met her at the airport tomorrow morning. 但愿你明天早上能在机场见到她。
I’d rather you hadn’t told him the news that day.
我真希望你那天没有把那消息告诉他。
5. would rather后接动词的完成式,表示主语要做某事,而结果事与愿违的意思。例如:
I’d rather have left a note on her desk. 我本想留张字条在她书桌上的。(事实上没有留)
比较:
I’d rather I left a note on her desk. 我宁可留张字条在她的书桌上。