宁愿做某事(而不愿做另一件事)
I, etc. would sooner do sth (than sth else)
to prefer to do sth (than do sth else)
She'd sooner share a house with other students than live at home with her parents.她宁可和其他学生合住,也不愿跟父母住在家里。
释义来自《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》第 9 版