prefer

　　A. 更喜欢；宁愿 vt.

　　He preferred apples to bananas.     I prefer to go by air.

　　Which do you prefer, rice or bread?

　　I would prefer she do it in another way.(虚拟语气)

　　B.习语

　　prefer doing A to (doing) B   宁愿做A，不愿做B

　　I prefer watching a football game to playing football.

　　=I would rather watch a football game than play football.

　　prefer to do A rather than (do) B  宁愿做A，不愿做B

　　Liu Hulan preferred to die rather than give in to the enemies.