核心问题
“What kind of pen do you want to have?” “I prefer ____ to that blue one.”
A. having this red pen B. to have this red pen
C. had this red pen D. this red pen having(TOEFL)
您在 prefer to do/prefer doing 条中指出它们两者之间并没有什么可觉察到的区别,但是上面的试题为什么只能选 A,而不能选 B 呢?这与您所说的似乎有矛盾。
词典解答
上面的试题与 prefer to do/prefer doing 条中所谈的句型有所不同。这里所涉及的句型是 prefer A to B。在这种句型中，如果 A 是动词，则采用-ing 形式，而在 prefer A rather than B 句型中，如果 A 是动词，则大都采用 to-v 形式，请对比下面的例句：
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I prefer to walk there rather than go by bus. (Collins) 我宁愿步行去那里，而不愿意乘公共汽车去。
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While he was in the office he preferred doing something to doing nothing. (Priestley) 当他