语意表达：更喜欢；偏好If you prefer someone or something, you like that person or thing better than another, and so you are more likely to choose them if there is a choice.
prefer something(doing something) to something(doing something)
喜欢某物（做某事）胜过某物（做某事）
prefer somebody to do something
宁愿某人做某事
指点迷津：注意，prefer在日常对话中听起来往往很正式，像like&hellip；better和would rather这样的口头表达更为常用。例如，我们一般用I like football better than tennis（我更喜欢足球，而不太喜欢网球）代替 I prefer football to tennis，用 I'd rather have an apple（我宁愿吃苹果）代替 I'd prefer an apple，用 I'd rather walk（我宁愿走路）代替 I'd prefer to walk。
句型操练：
I prefer green tea to coffee. 绿茶和咖啡比较起来我更喜欢绿茶。
My daddy prefers me not to swim in that river because it's too dangerous.我爸爸宁愿我不要去那条河里游泳因为那太危险了。


语意表达：good riddance的中文翻译： 可喜的摆脱
Bill thought it was good riddance when his little brother broke his toy drum.
比尔的小弟弟弄破了他的玩具鼓时，他觉得很高兴。
句型操练：They [Their departure] will be a good riddance.
他们滚蛋最好。
I've thrown out all the old furniture,and good riddance!
我把那旧家具统统扔掉了，真是谢天谢地!
句型出处：Random House fired Dick Atkins. Good riddance!
蓝登出版社开除了狄克艾金斯 这是个好消息

语意表达：不能容忍的;难以忍受的 If you say that someone or something is insufferable, you are emphasizing that they are very unpleasant or annoying.
句型操练：His letters are insufferably dull...
他的信乏味不堪。
He found most of them insufferably arrogant.
他发现他们当中大部分人都傲慢得让人难以忍受。
句型出处：Vince got a great review. He'll be insufferable.
文斯的作品受到好评 他又该难以忍受了

考考你：用prefer、a bouquet of、on the other hand填空
With （ ） fresh-picked daisies in hand, he left for the train depot.
On one hand, building a factory would do some good to us. But （ ）, its side effects are still doubted to be unharmful.
I （ ） cooking myself to eating out. 我宁愿自己做饭也不愿出去吃。