would rather的详细用法
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would rather
有关would rather的五个重要句型
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’ve already seen that film, so
I’d rather see another one.
我已经看过那部电影了，所以还
是看部别的吧。
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。
I’d rather do it without
anybody’s help. 我宁愿不要任何人帮助，自己干这件事。
“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。
“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 didn’t
mention the price. 我愿意你别提价钱。
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。
“We might go for a
swim” “No,l’d rather we didn’t.”
“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 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。
Kate went by car and I’d
rather she hadn’t. 凯特是坐汽车去的，我倒愿意她不是坐汽车去
的。
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?
rather表示宁愿
would
rather do
would rather not do
would
rather… than… 宁愿……而不愿。
例:
----Shall we
go skating or stay at home?
----Which ___ do?
A. do you rather B. would you rather C. will
you rather D. should you rather
答案B。本题考查would rather的用法，would rather +do sth
意为宁愿，本题为疑问句，
would 提前，所以选B。
rather
后接虚拟语气的用法
在would
rather后面所跟的从句中，也可用虚拟语气，表示愿望，意为“宁愿”、“但愿”。其
形式为：
1 ) 主语+动词过去式表示现在或将来的情况。例:
I would rather
you went next Sunday．
我愿你下星期天去。
2 )
主语+动词过去完成式表示过去的情况。例：
I'd rather you had not
given up the job then.
要是你当时不放弃那个工作就好了。
3.还有would sooner, had rather, had
sooner都表示宁愿、宁可的意思。
If I have a choice, I had
sooner not continue my studies at this school.
I would rather stay here than go home. = I
would stay here rather than go home.
it
is＋一段时间＋since＋一般过去时或现在完成时 下面的不同说法都是可以的：
It is three years since I（last）saw Bill．
自从我（上次）和比尔见面到现在已经三年了。 It
is three years
since I have seen Bill． 自我和比尔那次见面以来已经有三年了。 I
last saw
Bill three years ago．
我最后一次见到比尔是在三年以前。 I haven’t seen Bill for three
years． 我已经有三年没见到过比尔了。 It is two months
since Tom（last） smoked a
cigarette．
汤姆最后一次抽烟到现在已有两个月了。 It is two months since Tom
has
smoked a cigarette． 汤姆已经两个月没抽烟了。 He
last smoked a cigarette two months
ago．
他最后一次抽烟是两个月以前。 He hasn’t smoked a cigarette for
two
months． 他已经有两个月没有抽烟了。 我们可以用 it is…
since结构，不带副词 last：
It is two years since he
left the country． 他离开这个国家已经两年了。
然而，如果想换
用一个别的句式，则只能用下面的办法： He left the
country two years ago． 他两年前
离开了这个国家。
在这里不能像上面有关比尔的句子那样用现在完成时的否定形式。 He
hasn’t
been（living） in this country for the last two
years（这两年他没有在这个国家住过）
是可以的，但与 He left two years
ago（他离开两年了）意思不完全等同。这种结构可以用于
一般过去时： He invited
me to go riding with him． But it was two years
since I had ridden a
horse． 他邀请我和他一起去骑马。但那时我
已经两年没有骑马了。（在他邀请我之前，
我已经有两年没有骑马了，所以我不知道自己是否还能骑得开
心。）