would rather... (than...)

nìng yuàn

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I would rather you had a day off.

我宁愿您休一天假。

I'd rather not sleep and finish reading this book.

我宁愿不睡觉也要看完这本书。

He'd prefer not to eat that.

他宁愿不吃这个。

My mother prefers the arbitrary selection of the lottery machines over my lucky numbers.

我母亲宁愿选彩票机上的任意数字，也不选我的幸运数字。

I prefer to forget the past.

我宁愿忘记过去。

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