核心问题
Would you prefer going to the bookshop now or later? (薄冰等编《英语语法手册》(修订版, p. 214)
would prefer 可以接动名词吗?
词典解答
动词 prefer 本身既可接动词不定式,也可接动名词,例句见 prefer to do/prefer doing。但是,would(should) prefer 一般只接名词、动词不定式或 that 从句。would(should) prefer 接动名词的情形是非常罕见的。
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Would you prefer a cocktail? (EED) 你要一杯鸡尾酒吗?
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Would you prefer to dance? (Close) 你愿意跳舞吗?
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Would you prefer that I come on Monday instead of on Tuesday? (LDCE) 你想让我星期一来,而不是星期二来吗?
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I'd prefer that he remain forgotten. (EED) 我希望他仍然被遗忘。
最近出版的PEU(§296)指出: would prefer 之后, 动词不定式最为常用。并说:
“‘Can I give you a lift?’ ‘No, thanks. I’d prefer to walk.’
(不能说:... I'd prefer walking)"