would rather (not)do sth寧愿（不）做某事

　　wound rather do …than do sth 寧愿做…而不愿做…

　　would rather that somebody did…“寧愿……；更愿意……”(表示現在或將來的愿望) would rather that somebody had done…“寧愿……；更愿意……”（表示過去的愿望） 例句：

　　I would rather not tell you.

　　Liu Hulan would rather die than give in. I’d rather you posted the letter right now. I’d rather you were not a celebrated actor. In that case, we could spend more time together.? I’d rather that I hadn’t seen her yesterday.

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