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would rather和had rather都含有“宁愿/宁可”的意思，它们分属两种不同的情况。 一、would rather … (than) 和had rather… (than) 属于一种情况，都表示“宁可…（也不）” 1、would rather是一种比较正式的说法。如果主语是第一人称，would 还可以用should取代。Would/should rather有以下几种用法： 1）Would/should rather + 动词原形，如： * I should/would rather go to the movies. 我宁愿去看电影。 * I /should/would rather have the small one than the big one. 我宁愿要小的, 不要大的。 * He would rather go out tonight, if you dont mind. 如果你不介意的话, 他宁愿今晚出去。 2）Would/should rather + 表示虚拟的从句，如： * I should/would rather you should stay at home. 我宁愿让你呆在家里。(should可以省略) ——对现在的虚拟 * They would rather the matter were not made public. 他们宁愿这件事没有公开。——对过去的虚拟 3）Would/should rather … than …，用来表示“宁可…也不…”，如： * They would rather rent the house than buy it outright. 他们宁可租这幢房子，也不愿直接买下它。 * He would rather sacrifice his life than see damage done to state property. 他宁可牺牲自己的生命, 也不肯看到国家财产受到损失。 * He would rather die than yield. 他宁死不屈。 此外，rather 还可以用 sooner 替换。 * I had sooner stay home than dance. 我宁愿呆在家里也不愿去跳舞。 * He would sooner walk today. 他宁愿今天走。 2、had rather 是一种与 would rather 同义的非正式用法。有人认为这是由于对Id rather这种缩略形式的误解所致（would 和 had 都可以缩略为 ‘d 中 had 虚拟用法的延用。 * She had rather her daughter attended a public school. 她希望自己的女儿能上公立学校。 * They had rather go to the movies. 他们宁愿去看电影。 * I had rather be dead than be a slave. 我宁可死去，也不愿意当奴隶。 * The boy had rather have the small one than the big one. 那男孩宁愿要小的也不要大的。 * He would rather play than work. 他宁可玩耍也不愿意工作。 prefer to...rather than... 该结构与would/had rather … than表述的意思相同，但语法的结构不同，如： * They would rather rent the house than buy it outrightadv. 全部地；立刻地；率直地；一直向前；痛快地adj. 完全的，彻底的；直率的；总共的. （也可以用 They would rent the house rather than buy it outright）译文见上 主语：They 谓语动词：would rather rent ——情态动词 + 动词原形 宾语：the house 比较状语：than buy it outright. * They prefer to rent the house rather than buy it outright.（也可以用 They prefer to rent the house instead of buying it outright）译文见上 主语：They