在这里常用 don’twant或其他形式来代替 wouldn’t like：
—Would you like some more coffee？
—No，I don’t want any more，thanks．/No，thanks．
—您再来点儿咖啡吗？
—不，不要了，谢谢。
C 在过去时中这两种形式的变化不同。在间接引语中want变为 wanted，而would like不起变化：
Tom said，‘I would like/want to see it．’
汤姆说：“我想看看它”。相当于：
Tom said he would like/wanted to see it．
汤姆说他想看看它。
但如果不用间接引语的结构来表示，只能说： Tom wanted tosee it（这里我们不能用would like因为Tom would like to seeit的意思是指现在或将来）。
D would like有两个过去形式：would like+ 不定式的完成式或would like+ 不定式/名词/代词。这些形式只能表示未能实现的愿望：
I’d like to have gone skiing．/I’d have liked a day’s skiing．
我本想去滑雪的。（但我未能实现我的愿望。）
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297 would rather/sooner和prefer/would prefer
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would rather和would sooner之间没有区别，但经常听到的是would rather。
A would rather/sooner的主语与后面的动作的主语相同时，would rather/sooner之后常常接不带to的不定式：
Tom would rather read than talk．
汤姆宁可读书而不愿谈天。
1 would rather/sooner+ 不带to的不定式可用来表示现在的动作，以代替prefer+ 动名词：
Tom prefers reading to talking．
汤姆喜欢读书而不喜欢谈天。
注意：would rather后跟不带to的不定式+than+不带 to的不定式，而prefer后跟动名词+to+动名词。
prefer后面也可跟名词，而在would rather之后要求只带动词原形：
He prefers wine to beer．相当于：
He would rather drink wine than beer．
他喜欢喝红葡萄酒而不喜欢喝啤酒。
I prefer tennis to golf．相当于：
I’d rather play tennis than golf．
我喜欢打网球而不喜欢打高尔夫球。
某些 prefer+ 名词的情况不能用 would rather完全确切地表达出来：He prefers dogs to cats（他喜欢狗而不喜欢猫）和 Hewould rather have dogs than cats（他宁可养狗而不愿养猫）意思并不完全相同。
2 would rather+ 不带 to的不定式不能表示过去的偏爱。所以与 Tom would rather read than talk相当的过去形式为 Tompreferred reading to talking/liked reading better than talking。（参见下面4。）
3 would rather+ 不带to的不定式可代替 would prefer+带 to的不定式：
I’d rather fly than go by sea．/I’d prefer to fly．
我宁愿乘飞机也不愿乘船。
注意：用would prefer时，只提到你愿意做的这件事，而不提另外一件你不愿做的事，如上所述。因此，如想把愿意和不愿意的两个动作都提到，则要用would rather。
这两个结构后面带名词时情况也一样：
—Would you like some gin？
—I’d prefer a coffee．/I’d rather have coffee than gin．
—您想喝点杜松子酒吗？
—我想喝点咖啡。/我想喝点咖啡，不想喝杜松子酒。
4 would rather/sooner和would prefer后面都可跟完成式，但后者带to：
We went by sea but I’d rather have gone by air/I’d prefer to have goneby air．
我们是乘船去的，可我本想乘飞机去。（我愿意乘飞机去，可我的愿望未能实现。）
这和 would like+ 不定式的完成式有点相似，would like+带to 的不定式的完成式也表示未能实现的愿望。（参见第296节D。）
B 如句子的两个主语不相同，可用主语+ would rather/sooner后面跟主语+ 过去时（虚拟语气）结构：
—Shall I give you a cheque？
—I’d rather you paid cash．
—我付给您支票行吗？
—我想您最好付现金。
注意：用would rather+主语+didn’t表示带否定意义的偏爱：
—Would you like him to paint it？
—No，I’d rather he didn’t（paint it）．
—您想让他给它上油漆吗？
—不，我希望他不要这么做。
Ann wants to tell Tom，but I’d rather she didn’t（tell him）．
安想告诉汤姆，但我不想让她告诉他。
然而，prefer与like相同，后面都跟宾语+ 带to的不定式：
I’d prefer you to pay cash．
我想你最好付现金。
I’d prefer him not to paint it．
我不想让他给它上油漆。
I’d prefer her not to tell Tom．
我不想让她告诉汤姆。
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298 表示偏爱的另一些例句
A I like hot weather better than cold．相当于：
I prefer hot weather to cold．
I’d rather/sooner have hot weather than cold．
我喜欢热天，不喜欢冷天。
I like skiing better than skating．相当于：
I prefer skiing to skating．
I’d rather/sooner ski than skate．
我喜欢滑雪胜于滑冰。
B I liked playing in matches better than watching them．相当于：
I preferred playing matches to watching them．
我喜欢参加比赛而不喜欢观看比赛。（这里不能用 would rather/soon-er。）
C —Would you like to start today or would you rather wait/would you pre-fer to wait till tomorrow？
—I’d rather go today（than wait till tomorrow）．I’d rather not wait．/ I’d prefer to stary today．I’d prefer not to wait．
—你愿意今天动身呢，还是宁愿等到明天？
—我宁愿今天动身（而不愿等到明天）。我不想等了。
I’d rather deliver it by hand than post it．
这东西我宁愿亲手递交也不想邮寄。
He says he’d rather go to prison than pay the fine．
他说他宁愿蹲监狱也不肯交罚款。
I’d rather pay his fine for him than let him go to prison．
我宁愿替他交罚款，也不愿让他蹲监狱。