喜欢…胜过… like... better than
prefer sth rather than sth
I prefer tea rather than coffee.
我喜欢茶甚于喜欢咖啡。
What shall we have to drink?...red wine?...white wine?—I should prefer red wine rather than white wine.
我们喝点什么酒?…红葡萄酒?…白葡萄酒?——我愿喝红葡萄酒,不愿喝白葡萄酒。
prefer to-v rather than
The old man was still in good health. He preferred to work in the garden rather than to sit idly.
那位老人仍然很健康,他愿在花园中做活而不愿闲坐着。
She preferred to keep her troubles to herself rather than to allow them to trouble others.
她宁愿不让别人知道自己的困难,也不肯让自己的困难去麻烦别人。
They preferred to stay at home rather than go to the movies.
他们宁可呆在家里,也不愿去看电影。
They preferred to die rather than surrender to the enemy.
他们宁死也不愿向敌人投降。
I would prefer to spend the weekend at home rather than driving all the way to your mother's.
我觉得与其开车跑那么远到你母亲那里去度周末,还不如呆在家里。
He preferred rather to take the whole blame himself than to allow it to fall on the innocent.
他宁肯自己承担全部责任,也不愿把责任推在清白的人身上。
He would prefer to meet me downstairs rather than upstairs.
他宁愿在楼下见我,而不愿在楼上。