would rather后接句子时，句子谓语习惯上要用虚拟语气，具体用法为：
1、一般过去时表示现在或将来的愿望
I’d rather you went tomorrow (now). 我宁愿你明天(现在)去。
I’d rather you came next Saturday. 我宁愿你下星期六来。
I’d rather you were happy. 我愿你快乐。
I’d rather she sat next to me. 我宁愿她挨着我坐。
I’d rather Jack left on an earlier train. 我宁愿杰克乘前一班火车走。
You always go without me and l’d rather you didn’t. 你总是不带我去，我可不愿意你这样。
“Shall I open the window? ” “I’d rather you didn’t. ”“我要不要把窗子打开? ” “我看不要打开好。”
2、用过去完成时表过去的愿望
I’d rather you hadn’t said it. 我真希望你没有这样说过。
I’d rather you hadn’t done that. 我宁愿你没这样做。
l’d rather you had been / hadn’t been present。我 (宁) 愿你当时在场 / 不在场。
l’d rather he had told / hadn’t told me about it 我 (宁) 愿他告诉了 / 未告诉我这件事。
Katie went by car and I’d rather she hadn’t. 凯蒂是坐汽车去的，我宁愿地不坐汽车去。
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其他用法：
“would rather...than...”结构
would rather与than连用，可构成另一个惯用句式，即：“would rather...than....”，意为“宁可（愿）……（而）不要（愿）……”、“与其……不如……”。用以表达主语的意愿，强调经过选择后做其中一件事，而不愿做另一件事。
例如：I would rather watch TV at home than go to the cinema.
我宁可在家看电视而不愿去看电影。
在使用“would rather...than...”句型时，应注意以下几点：
1、than 后接 动词原形，但如果该句型前后连接的两个动词相同，则than之后的那个动词可省去。
例如：I’d rather you know that now than afterwards.
我宁可你现在就知道这件事，而不是以后。
（恢复原句：I’d rather you know that now than know afterwards.）
2、would rather...than...也可改写“would...rather than...”，其用法及含义仍不变。
例如：Facing the enemies, our soldiers would die rather than surrender.
面对敌人，我们的战士宁死不屈。