Interest用法

Interest

1. interest 作及物动词。
   ①interest sb.意为“使某人感兴趣,引起某人注意”。如:
   Geography doesn’t interest him.
   地理引不起他的兴趣。
   ②interest sb. in (doing) sth.意为“使某人在……方面感兴趣”。如:
   He tried to interest me in buying the house.
   他想说服我买这所房子。
   2. interest作名词。
   ①意为“兴趣”时,常作不可数名词。常见短语show / have interest in (doing) sth.,意为“对……表现出 / 有兴趣”。如:
   She showed great interest in the meeting.
   她对这次会议表现出极大的兴趣。
   ②意为“业余爱好”或“感兴趣的事”时,常作可数名词。如:
   He has two great interests. One is sports and the other is music.
   他有两大爱好:一个是体育,另一个是音乐。
   3. interested是形容词,常用结构be interested in (doing) sth.意为“对(做)……感兴趣”,主语是人。如:
   John is interested in history.  约翰喜欢历史。
   He is interested in drawing pictures.
   他对画画感兴趣。
   4. interesting也是形容词,意为“令人感兴趣的”,既可以作表语,也可以作定语。如:
   The story is very interesting.  这个故事很有趣。
   This is an interesting movie.  这是一部有趣的电影。

prefer

prefer是及物动词,意为“更喜欢,更喜爱”,相当于like ... better。
1. prefer sth.意为“更喜欢……”。如:
He prefers country life. 他更喜欢乡村生活。
2. prefer doing / to do sth. 意为“更喜欢干……”。如:
I prefer watching / to watch TV.
我更喜欢看电视。
3. prefer sb. to do sth. 意为“宁愿某人做……”。如:
I prefer you to stay here a little longer.
我更喜欢你在这里多呆一会儿。
4. prefer sth. to sth.意为“比起……更喜欢……”。如:
She prefers English to Chinese.

比起语文来她更喜欢英语。
5. prefer doing sth. to doing sth. = prefer to do sth. rather than do sth. 意为“喜欢做……而不喜欢做……,宁愿做……而不愿做……”。如:
I prefer doing to talking.
我喜欢做事,不喜欢空谈。
Children prefer to stay at home rather than go out with you.
孩子们宁愿呆在家里而不愿和你一起出去。