prefer to + verb = I'd rather +verb (than ...)
意思其實都是一樣的。
I prefer to go to a movie. 後面未必要跟其他選擇相比
I'd rather go to a movie (than just stay home watching TV). 後面也未必要跟其他選擇相比
I prefer to...

would rather do sth.……than do sth. = would do sth. rather than do sth. = prefer to do sth. rather than do sth. = prefer doing sth. to doing sth.寧願做……而不願做……

I would rather remain poor than get money by dishonest way. 我寧願貧困也不願通過不誠實的方式來獲得財富。

prefer to do rather than do 是寧可做……而不做,或者是喜歡做……而不做……的意思.語法結構上來看,than兩邊的結構都是一致

1.prefer to do sth 寧願做某事
2.rather than後面跟的是do sth 或者是doing sth.
3.當prefer之後帶兩個動詞不定式表示“偏愛…勝過…”時，用rather than連接。Rather than之後可以有兩種結構：省略to的動詞不定式和動詞的ing形式。

釋義：

而不是做

例句：

Mrs. White prefers to some voluntary work in a local hospital, rather than do nothing all day long.

懷特太太寧願在當地醫院做一些志願工作，也不願整天無所事事。

prefer todo釋義：

更喜歡做

例句：

Everyone has certain likes and dislikes, and there is no denying that we all prefer todo the things that we like.

例︰每個人都有某些自己喜歡和不喜歡的事，而且不可否認的是，我們都比較喜歡做自己喜歡做的事。