高考英语词汇：had better的用法归纳
1. had better的基本用法特点
其意为“最好”、“应该”，后接动词原形，与情态动词should用法相似，其中的had通常缩略为 ‘d。如：
You’d better get some sleep．你最好去睡一会儿。
We had better go before it rains. 我们最好在下雨前就去。
2. had better如何构成否定式和疑问式
构成否定式时，通常将not置于had better之后(而不是had之后)；而构成疑问式时，则通常将had(而不是had better)置于主语之前。如：
I’d better not disturb him．我最好别去打扰他。
What had we better do? 我们最好怎么办?
【注】在否定疑问句或反意疑问句中可将not与had连用。如： Hadn’t we better go now? 我们是不是现在就去呢?
3. had better后接进行式和完成式动词
有时后接动词的进行式，表示最好马上做某事；也可接完成式动词，表示最好做完某事或本该做某事而未做某事。如：
I think I’d better be going．我想我最好还是马上走。
You’d better be getting your clothes ready. 你最好马上把衣服准备好。
You had better have done that. 你最好把那事做完。
You had better have stayed here. 你本来应该呆在这儿的。
4. 有关had better的几点用法说明
(1) had better 用于提出建议或请求时，并不是一个很客气委婉的表达，它暗示对方有义务去做某事，因此通常用于长辈对晚辈或上级对下级等，而不宜反过来用。
(2) had best与had better 用法和含义均差不多，但不如had better普通。如：
You had best get home before midnight．你最好在午夜之前回到家里。 We had best be going．我们最好现在就走。
(3) 有时可省略其中的had。如：
You better stop arguing．你们最好不要争论了。
Better not wait for him. 最好不要等他了。
Better say yes, if they ask you. 如果他们问你，你最好说“是”。
(4) 有时为了强调，可将better置于had之前。如：
would rather的用法:
■后面直接接动原形，否定式在rather后加not。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……”。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。
注：当than后的动词原形与前面的动词原形相同时可以省去。如：
I’d rather go on Sunday than on Monday. 我宁愿星期天去而不在星期一去。 有时可将rather than置于句首来加强语气。如：
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。
■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，用一般过去式，表示过去要做的事用过去完成时。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。
I’d rather you had been / hadn’t been present。我(宁) 愿你当时在场 / 不在场。
■可接动词的完成式，表示主语要做某事，而结果事与愿违。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。
高考英语词汇：had better的用法归纳
1. had better的基本用法特点
其意为“最好”、“应该”，后接动词原形，与情态动词should用法相似，其中的had通常缩略为 ‘d。如：
You’d better get some sleep．你最好去睡一会儿。
We had better go before it rains. 我们最好在下雨前就去。
2. had better如何构成否定式和疑问式
构成否定式时，通常将not置于had better之后(而不是had之后)；而构成疑问式时，则通常将had(而不是had better)置于主语之前。如：
I’d better not disturb him．我最好别去打扰他。
What had we better do? 我们最好怎么办?
【注】在否定疑问句或反意疑问句中可将not与had连用。如： Hadn’t we better go now? 我们是不是现在就去呢?
3. had better后接进行式和完成式动词
有时后接动词的进行式，表示最好马上做某事；也可接完成式动词，表示最好做完某事或本该做某事而未做某事。如：
I think I’d better be going．我想我最好还是马上走。
You’d better be getting your clothes ready. 你最好马上把衣服准备好。
You had better have done that. 你最好把那事做完。
You had better have stayed here. 你本来应该呆在这儿的。
4. 有关had better的几点用法说明
(1) had better 用于提出建议或请求时，并不是一个很客气委婉的表达，它暗示对方有义务去做某事，因此通常用于长辈对晚辈或上级对下级等，而不宜反过来用。
(2) had best与had better 用法和含义均差不多，但不如had better普通。如：
You had best get home before midnight．你最好在午夜之前回到家里。 We had best be going．我们最好现在就走。
(3) 有时可省略其中的had。如：
You better stop arguing．你们最好不要争论了。
Better not wait for him. 最好不要等他了。
Better say yes, if they ask you. 如果他们问你，你最好说“是”。
(4) 有时为了强调，可将better置于had之前。如：
would rather的用法:
■后面直接接动原形，否定式在rather后加not。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……”。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。
注：当than后的动词原形与前面的动词原形相同时可以省去。如：
I’d rather go on Sunday than on Monday. 我宁愿星期天去而不在星期一去。 有时可将rather than置于句首来加强语气。如：
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。
■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，用一般过去式，表示过去要做的事用过去完成时。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。
I’d rather you had been / hadn’t been present。我(宁) 愿你当时在场 / 不在场。
■可接动词的完成式，表示主语要做某事，而结果事与愿违。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。