Working this way, there are times when I have to freely admit to people that our products may not be best suited to their particular needs, but to the honest I’d much prefer to be doing that than using some hard-sell technique to push something I don’t really believe in myself, you know...
I’d much prefer to be doing......,这里在doing前面为什么用助动词be,而不是直接写成,I’d much prefer to do......?
to be honest I’d much prefer to be doing that than using some hard-sell technique
1. 应该是 to be honest(说实话;老实说)。网友知道不知道,不定式有“进行体”?怎么写?网友可曾知道:to do, to be doing, to have done?
2. 先说 than 的词性和用法。本句,than 是介词不是连词。它一般不能单独使用,除了主句含有比较级,引导比较从句之外,它还可以表示“排除”意义,经常用于different than, rather than,other than,no other than, would rather...than, would prefer to do...than 等结构。
3. 本句便是用于would prefer to do...than,意思是“更愿意做某事,而不做某事”。
4. prefer 之后接不定式,可以是一般体(prefer to do),也可以是进行体(prefer to be doing),但有区别。前者表示“愿意去做”(将来要做),后者表示“愿意在做”(指现在正在做)。本句的to be与doing 构成不定式进行体。就是表达“目前正在做”之意。
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