國中英語語法:英語語法大全之would rather
用法一： would rather表示"寧願"
would rather do
would rather not do
would rather… than… 寧願……而不願。
還有would sooner, had rather, had sooner都表示"寧願"、"寧可"的意思。
If I have a choice, I had sooner not continue my studies at this school.
I would rather stay here than go home. = I would stay here rather than go home.
用法二：would rather後句子用虛擬語氣
would rather後接句子時，句子謂語習慣上要用虛擬語氣，具體用法為：
1.一般過去時表示現在或將來的.願望
I’d rather you went tomorrow (now). 我寧願你明天(現在)去。
I’d rather you came next Saturday. 我寧願你下星期六來。
I’d rather you were happy. 我願你快樂。
I’d rather she sat next to me. 我寧願她挨著我坐。
I’d rather Jack left on an earlier train. 我寧願傑克乘前一班火車走。
You always go without me and l’d rather you didn’t. 你總是不帶我去，我可不願意你這樣。
“Shall I open the window? ” “I’d rather you didn’t. ”“我要不要把窗子開啟? ” “我看不要開啟好。”
2. 用過去完成時表過去的願望
I’d rather you hadn’t said it. 我真希望你沒有這樣說過。
I’d rather you hadn’t done that. 我寧願你沒這樣做。
l’d rather you had been / hadn’t been present。我 (寧) 願你當時在場 / 不在場。
l’d rather he had told / hadn’t told me about it 我 (寧) 願他告訴了 / 未告訴我這件事。
Katie went by car and I’d rather she hadn’t. 凱蒂是坐汽車去的，我寧願地不坐汽車去
典型例題
----Shall we go skating or stay at home?
----Which ___ do?
A. do you rather B. would you rather C. will you rather D. should you rather
答案B。本題考查情態動詞rather的用法，would rather +do sth 意為"寧願"，本題為疑問句，would 提前，所以選B。
