prefer译作“更喜欢”.prefer的现在分词是preferring,过去式和完成式是preferred.prefer的用法如下：
a.prefer sb / sth “更喜欢某人/物” 如 I prefer Jim / History.
b.prefer to do “更喜欢做某事” 指一次性动作 如 He prefers to stay in bed now.
prefer doing “更喜欢做某事” 指习惯性动作 如 Bob prefers playing basketball.
c.prefer sb to do sth “更喜欢某人做某事” 如 I prefer you to become an artist.
d.prefer … to … “喜欢…胜过于…” 这里的to是介词.prefer 和 to 后面接名 词、代词或动名词.如 I prefer America to England./ I prefer this to that./ I prefer singing to dancing.
e.prefer to do … rather than do… “宁愿…,也不…” 如 My father prefers to sleep rather than watch the TV play.
f.prefer that … “更喜欢…” 后接宾语从句.如 She preferred that her parents didn’t ask the results after the tests.