prefer…to 与prefer…rather than的区别
1、句型 prefer a to b 里a与b是平行结构，可以是名词，也可以都是动名词。如：
i prefer apples to pears.在苹果与梨之间我更喜欢苹果。
most people prefer trains to buses.大多数人愿意坐火车而不愿坐汽车。
i prefer staying at home to going out.
我觉得在家里比出去好。
prefer+不定式+rather than+不定式
1)本句型中，第一个不定式前面要加to，第二个不定式前面以不加to居多。如：
prefer to die rather than surrender. 宁死不屈 。
she preferred to cook rather than to wash something.她喜欢做饭而不喜欢洗衣服。
2)than后也可用动名词：
i prefer to stay at home rather than go/going to see a film.我觉得与其去看电影倒不如待在家里。
3)举行也可以是这样：prefer to do a rather than do b 即后一个不定式符号to可以省略；如：
bill preferred playing soccer to swimming.
bill preferred to play soccer rather than swim.
两种句型的区别：
prefer…to表示一般的倾向，prefer…rather than则表示在某种具体场合的选择。如：what shall we have to drink,port or sherry?我们喝什么呢，葡萄酒还是雪利酒？
i should prefer port rather than sherry.我宁愿喝葡萄酒而不喝雪利酒。