語意表達：更喜歡；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)
喜歡某物（做某事）勝過某物（做某事）
prefer somebody to do something
寧愿某人做某事
指點迷津：注意，prefer在日常對話中聽起來往往很正式，像like&hellip；better和would rather這樣的口頭表達更為常用。例如，我們一般用I like football better than tennis（我更喜歡足球，而不太喜歡網球）代替 I prefer football to tennis，用 I'd rather have an apple（我寧愿吃蘋果）代替 I'd prefer an apple，用 I'd rather walk（我寧愿走路）代替 I'd prefer to walk。
句型操練：
I prefer green tea to coffee. 綠茶和咖啡比較起來我更喜歡綠茶。
My daddy prefers me not to swim in that river because it's too dangerous.我爸爸寧愿我不要去那條河里游泳因為那太危險了。


語意表達：good riddance的中文翻譯： 可喜的擺脫
Bill thought it was good riddance when his little brother broke his toy drum.
比爾的小弟弟弄破了他的玩具鼓時，他覺得很高興。
句型操練：They [Their departure] will be a good riddance.
他們滾蛋最好。
I've thrown out all the old furniture,and good riddance!
我把那舊家具統統扔掉了，真是謝天謝地!
句型出處：Random House fired Dick Atkins. Good riddance!
藍登出版社開除了狄克艾金斯 這是個好消息

語意表達：不能容忍的;難以忍受的 If you say that someone or something is insufferable, you are emphasizing that they are very unpleasant or annoying.
句型操練：His letters are insufferably dull...
他的信乏味不堪。
He found most of them insufferably arrogant.
他發現他們當中大部分人都傲慢得讓人難以忍受。
句型出處：Vince got a great review. He'll be insufferable.
文斯的作品受到好評 他又該難以忍受了

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. 我寧愿自己做飯也不愿出去吃。