有这样一道补全句子题 The visiting expert preferred giving lectures to students __________________

有这样一道补全句子题
The visiting expert preferred giving lectures to students __________________（被邀请）meetings at times.

答案是 to being invited to
请问有"to being"这种结构的吗
这句话要怎么理解呢

有这种结构。prefer doing to doing，being invited中，being是由prefer决定的，同时表示被动，表示被邀请。

prefer的不同结构 I prefer something to something else. I prefer doing something to doing something else. I prefer to do something rather than do something else. 例句i prefer driving to travelling by train. 这些是我看了你的问题在剑桥中级英语语法上找的答案。之前有点印象也顺便复习了。 句子的意思 访问学者相比参加各种会议更喜欢给学生带来讲座。 再看看别人怎么说的。