would rather的虚拟语气用法

would rather的用法

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。

例 Mr. Li would rather not listen to rock music. 李先生不愿意听摇滚音乐。

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。

He’d rather work in the countryside. 她宁可到农村去工作。

You would rather stay at home and do some reading this evening. 今晚你最好呆在家中读点书。

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

例 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 walk there rather than take a bus. 孩子们宁愿步行去那里而不愿乘公共汽车。

请注意 1） would rather…than…/would…rather than…也可以颠倒为：rather than…would…。Would(rather)和than后都接不带to的动词不定式，若选用的动词相同，那么than 后的动词可以省略。

would rather用法总结一、 “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）。’d rather为would（或had）rather的缩写形式。would (had)在此决无“过去”之意，且无词性、时态的变化。该句式常用来表示选择的意愿，意为“宁可„„；宁愿„„；最好„„”。例如：

He'd rather work in the countryside. 他宁可到农村去工作。

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. 今晚你最好呆在家里看点书。

二、 would rather与than连用，可构成另一个惯用句式，即：“would rather...than....”意为“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。

三、 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 know that now than afterwards. 我宁可现在就知道这件事，而不是以后。

2. would rather...than...也可改写成 “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。

would rather的用法(美国英语中多用had rather )

一、概述。

1.含义。“宁愿/可,更/最好,还是…为好”。

2.用法。常+V原,常省略为’d rather,表优先选择的一种方式 。无人称,数,词性,时态变化,所有的人称情况均用would rather.

3.否定形式。would rather not do sth。例: Mr Li would rather not listen to rock music

4.would /had在此决无“过去”之意，它是一个情态助动词。

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。

He’d rather work in the countryside. 她宁可到农村去工作。

二、扩展。

1.在两者中取舍,表“宁愿……而不愿……/与其……宁可……”时，则可用would rather…than…或would…rather than…句型.

例: I would rather watch TV at home than go to the cinema.

The children would walk there rather than take a bus.

2.也可以颠倒为：rather than…would… 例：Rather than work in such bad condition, he would give up

3.Would(rather)和than后都接不带to的动词不定式，若选同一动词,那么than 后的动词可以省略。

例: I would rather have noodles than rice.

4.要注意“平行结构”，即在than 的前后要用两个同类的词或词组，如两个n、两个不定式、两个介短等。

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。