一、后接动词原形后接动词原形,表示宁愿做某事。如:Id rather be told the truth than be lied to. 我宁愿听真话,不愿被欺骗。
Ive already seen that film, so Id rather see another one. 我已经看过那部电影了,所以还是看部别的吧。
Ill go if youre going. If not, Id rather stay at home. 你去我就去,否则我宁可待在家里。
Id rather do it without anybodys help. 我宁愿不要任何人帮助,自己干这件事。
How about a drink? Id 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:Id 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。
At that time, I would rather have been a factory worker than an animal keeper, he said. 那时,我宁愿做一个工厂工人,也不愿做动物饲养员,他说道。
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 would rather you didnt mention the price. 我愿意你别提价钱。
Id rather you knew that now, than afterwards. 我宁愿你现在知道而不是以后。
Dont come and see me todayId rather you came tomorrow. 今天不要来看我我希望你们明天来。
Tomorrows difficult. Id rather yon came next weekend. 明天有困难。我希望你下周末来。
We might go for a swim No,ld rather we didnt. 我们去游泳吧。不,我想我们最好不去。
Shall I give you a cheque? I d rather you paid cash. 我付给您支票行吗?我想您最好付现金。
Ann said that Bill wanted to go alone but that shed 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:Id rather he hadnt told me about it 我宁愿他未告诉我这件事。
Kate went by car and Id rather she hadnt. 凯特是坐汽车去的,我倒愿意她不是坐汽车去的。
Id 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 Id lived in 1400, Id 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 shed had a chance, shed rather have lived 100 years ago. 如果有机会她宁愿生活在100年前。
Cyborg beetle and the teenage brain 半机械甲虫,青少年脑部发育
Diabetes warning and Queen at 90 糖尿病激增引忧, 英国女王90岁生日
To fall at the first hurdle 跌倒在第一关
A bitter pill to swallow 不得不吞的苦药
It takes two to tango 一个巴掌拍不响
Test the water 试探,摸底
Zika virus and the A4 waist challenge 寨卡病毒,“A4腰挑战”
Chelsea doctor and surfing in Australia 切尔西队医与球队和解,澳大利亚冲浪
A recipe for disaster 后患无穷
Antibiotics and escalator etiquette 美国人过多使用抗生素,伦敦地铁扶梯礼仪
Until I'm blue in the face 任凭你磨破嘴皮
Earth-like planet, Pink cockatoo dies at 83 类地行星,83岁风头鹦鹉逝世
California wildfires and cloned animals 加利福尼亚州野火,克隆动物衰老过程正常
Artefacts in Sydney and dog gets medal 悉尼出土文物,英雄狗获奖章
Close, but no cigar 几近成功
In good nick 品质好、没有损坏
India's sewer workers and British school standards 印度下水道工人施工安全,英国在校生学习成绩下降
Alligator takes boy and Tate Modern extension 鳄鱼拖走小男孩,泰特现代美术馆扩建完工
Cosmonaut anniversary and wallaby internet star 宇航员周年纪念日,小袋鼠轰动互联网
You're pulling my leg! 你在愚弄我!
One good turn deserves another 以德报德,礼尚往来
Darkness over Indonesia and the 'fifth Beatle' dies 印度尼西亚日全食,“第五位披头士”去世
Going forward 从今往后
Big Ben and gorilla surprise 维修大本钟,大猩猩生子
World's longest tunnel and a strange kind of race 世界最长铁路隧道,扛羊毛袋比赛
Cyclists make Olympic history, 400-year-old shark 英国自行车运动员创英奥运历史,400岁格陵兰鲨鱼
There's method to my madness 我有一个不合常理的办法
IOC on Russian doping and hot June 奥委会就涉俄兴奋剂事件报告进展,六月高温破纪录
Zika threat and back from space 寨卡病毒威胁美国,国际空间站宇航员返回地球
Drought in Ethiopia and MS treatment 埃塞俄比亚干旱,多发性硬化治疗手段新进展
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