I would rather tell you honestly we can't do something than to tell you something we can do and later we would not deliver . 我宁愿老实地对你讲，有些事我干不了，而不愿讲我们可以做某些事，而事后我们又不兑现。
Thus, upon equal or nearly equal profits, every wholesale merchant naturally prefers the home-trade to the foreign trade of consumption . 所以，如果利润均等或几乎均等，每一个批发商人就都自然宁愿经营国内贸易而不愿经营消费品的国外贸易。
Margaret still found the company of men preferable to that of women, for, by and large, the former talked about the things that interested her . 玛格丽特仍然觉得她愿意同男人们在一起，而不愿意同女人在一起，因为，男人们的话题往往使她更感兴趣。
We all agreed that he used the pretence to account for any disappointment he could not conceal, rather than he would blame the real cause of it, or disparage or depreciate any one . 我们都认为他宁可利用这种借口来说明他无法掩藏他那失望的心情，而不愿追究失望的真正原因，也不愿轻视或讥笑任何人。
He would rather have red apples than green ones 他宁愿要红苹果，而不愿要青的。
I prefer driving to travelling by train （我更喜欢自己开车而不愿坐火车旅行。 ）
She wants to be a teacher rather than a film star 她宁愿做个教师而不愿做影星。
I ' d rather buy a house than an apartment 我宁愿买一幢小洋房而不愿买一套公寓。
Would you rather read a novel than read a poem 你宁愿看小说而不愿朗读诗歌吗？
I ' d prefer to go in summer rather than in winter 我宁愿夏天去，而不愿冬天去。
