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.
