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。

rather than… would+不带to的不定式可用于较正式的英语中：

Rather than let him go to prison， I would pay his fine myself．

我宁肯自己代他付罚款，也不愿让他蹲监狱。

D prefer与rather的一些例句：

—Do you want Ann to repair it herself？

—I’d prefer her to ring/I’d rather she rang the electrician．/I’d rather

she didn’t try to repair it herself．

—您想让安自己来修吗？

—我想还是让她打电话给电工更好。/我不想让她自己修。

They want to camp in my garden but I’d rather they didn’t．I’d ratherthey camped by the river．

他们想要在我的园子里露营，不过我不想让他们在我的园子里露营。

我宁愿他们在河边露营。

He usually has a pub lunch，but she’d prefer him to come home for ameal/she’d rather he came home for lunch．She’d rather he didn’tspend money in pubs．

他一般在小酒馆里吃午饭，但她宁愿他回家吃饭/她宁愿他回家吃午饭。她不愿他把钱花在小酒馆里。