That's what Maria wants to know.

這正是瑪麗亞想知道的。

Let's start with general preference.

先說一般偏好。

So, when you like one thing more than another, you can use prefer.

當你喜歡一種東西多於另一種東西時，就可以使用 prefer。

I prefer coffee to tea.

比起茶，我更喜歡咖啡。

Nowadays, I prefer staying in to going out.

如今，比起外出，我更喜歡宅在家裡。

I prefer camping holidays to beach holidays.

比起海灘度假，我更喜歡露營度假。

Pay attention to the form.

注意形式。

I prefer something to something.

比起某些東西，我更喜歡某些東西。

So, you can use nouns.

所以，你可以使用名詞。

I prefer coffee to tea.

比起茶，我更喜歡咖啡。

Or you can use verbs.

也可以使用動詞。

But careful, the verb needs to be in the ing form.

但要注意，動詞必須是 ing 形式。

I prefer staying in to going out.

比起外出，我更喜歡宅在家裡。

You could also use I would rather to talk about your general preference.

您也可以用 "我寧願 "來表達您的總體偏好。

It's used in the same way as prefer.

它的用法與 prefer 相同。

But careful, there are some differences in how you use it.

但要注意的是，在使用方法上存在一些差異。

Nowadays, I'd rather stay in than go out.

如今，我寧願待在家裡，也不願出門。

Yeah, generally, I'd rather drink coffee than tea.

是啊，一般來說，我寧可喝咖啡也不喝茶。

So, first, the preposition is than, not to.

首先，介系詞是 than，而不是 to。

I'd rather drink coffee than tea.

比起茶，我更喜歡喝咖啡。

Also, you need a verb.

此外，你還需要一個動詞。

And that verb is in the base form, not ing.

這個動詞是基本形式，而不是 ing。

You can also talk about specific preferences.

你還可以談談具體的偏好。

Things you prefer to do now or in the future.

你現在或將來更願意做的事情。

To do this, we use would prefer and rather than in one sentence.

為此，我們在一個句子中使用 "寧願 "和 "而不是"。

But careful, we normally contract the would to "'d".

但要小心，我們通常會把縮略成 'd。

I'd prefer.

我更喜歡。

I'd prefer to go to a hotel rather than go camping this summer.

今年夏天，我寧願去酒店，也不願意去露營。

But careful, this time the preposition is than.

但要注意，這次的介系詞是 than。

And also, the verb is in the to plus infinitive form.

此外，動詞是 to 加不定式形式。

I'd prefer to go out rather than stay in.

我寧願出門，也不願呆在家裡。

In spoken English, we often just drop the word rather.

在英語口語中，我們經常直接去掉 rather 這個詞。

So, I'd prefer to go out than stay in.

所以，比起宅在家裡，我更願意走出去。

I'd prefer to get to the pub than the cinema tonight.

比起電影院，我今晚更想去酒吧。

We can also use would rather in the same way we use would prefer.

我們也可以像使用 would prefer 一樣使用 would rather。

I think I'd rather go camping than stay in a hotel this year.

我想今年我寧願去露營，也不想住酒店。

Oh, well, I'd rather go to the pub than the cinema.

哦，好吧，我寧願去酒吧也不去電影院。

But again, notice the differences.

但是，請再次注意其中的差異。

With I'd rather, we don't have a to with the verb.

在 I'd rather 中，我們沒有 to 這個動詞。

I'd rather go to the pub than the cinema.

比起電影院，我更願意去酒吧。

So, that was Maria's question, but we want to hear from you too.

這是瑪麗亞的問題，但我們也想聽聽你的意見。

So, send us your questions to our email address.

請將你的問題發送到我們的電子信箱。

Hopefully that helped and there's more information to check out below.

希望這對你有所幫助，更多資訊請查看下文。

Now, hopefully you prefer learning English with us.

現在，希望你更願意和我們一起學習英語。

So, come back again for more videos soon.

所以，請儘快回來觀看更多影片。