近義詞是like …better than ,中文意思是,寧願做……也不願做……,做某事比做某事更喜歡
例如
Thousands of children nowadays prefer doing their homework to a background of pop-music to doing it in a quiet room.成千上萬的孩子如今一邊聽流行音樂一邊做作業,也不願在安安靜靜的房間裏做。