would rather意思是“宁愿、宁可、更、最好、还是为好”，表示优先选择的一种方式或者对比两种选择的偏好。它可以有以下几种用法：
would rather后接动词原形，常省略为’d rather，表示优先选择的一种方式。其否定形式是would rather not do sth。例如：
He’d rather work in the countryside. 她宁可到农村去工作。
I’d rather not tell you about it. 那件事我宁愿不告诉你。
I’d rather not say anything. 我宁可什么也不说。
Which would you rather have, tea or coffee? 你喜欢喝茶还是咖啡？
would rather… than…或would rather…than…表示“宁可（愿）……（而）不要（愿）……”或“与其……不如……”。例如：
I’d rather play tennis than swim. (=I’d play tennis rather than swim.) 我宁愿去打网球而不愿去游泳。
I’d rather go on Sunday than on Monday. 我宁愿星期天去而不在星期一去。
Rather than refuse to help you, I would borrow money from my friends. 我宁可向朋友借钱，也不愿拒绝帮助你。
would rather后接从句时，从句谓语动词要用过去式，即表示现在或将来要做的事，用一般过去时，表示过去要做的事用过去完成时。这是一个常用的虚拟语气句型。例如：
I would rather you came tomorrow. 我宁愿你明天来。
He’d rather you came on Friday. 他比较希望你在星期五来。
I would rather you didn’t mention the price. 我愿意你别提价钱。
I’d rather she sat (didn’t sit) next to me. 我愿意她坐 (不坐)在我旁边。
I’d sooner (rather) you didn’t ask me to speak. 我宁愿你别请我讲话。
I’d rather you had been / hadn’t been present. 我 (宁)愿你当时在场 /不在场。
I’d rather you hadn’t told him the news that day. 我真希望你那天没有把那消息告诉他。
would rather接动词的完成时，表示主语要做某事，而结果事与愿违。例如：
I’d rather have left a note on her desk. 我本想留张字条在她书桌上的。
If she’d had the chance, she’d rather have lived 100 years ago. 如属可能，她宁愿生活在100年以前。
“At that time, I would rather have been a factory worker than an animal keeper,”he said. “那时，我宁愿做一个工厂工人，也不愿做动物饲养员，”他说道。
If I’d lived in 1400, I’d rather have been a knight than a monk. 如果我生活在1400年，我宁愿当骑士，不当修道士。
以上就是would rather的用法总结，希望对你有所帮助。如果你想练习使用would rather的句型，你可以尝试回答以下问题：
例题一：你宁愿和谁一起去看电影，你的朋友还是你的家人？用would rather造句。
答案：I would rather go to the movies with my friends than with my family. 我宁愿和朋友一起去看电影，而不是和家人。
例题二：你宁愿在哪里工作，北京还是上海？用would rather… than…造句。
答案：I would rather work in Beijing than in Shanghai. 我宁愿在北京工作，而不是在上海。
例题三：你的老师说他宁愿你今天不要去上课，因为你生病了。用would rather后接从句造句。
答案：My teacher said he would rather I didn’t go to class today, because I was sick. 我的老师说他宁愿我今天不要去上课，因为我生病了。
例题四：你本想昨天去参加聚会，但是你的车坏了。用would rather接动词的完成时造句。
答案：I would rather have gone to the party yesterday, but my car broke down. 我本想昨天去参加聚会，但是我的车坏了。