sooner

英 ['suːnə(r)]

美 ['sunər]

soon 的比较级

Collins.2 / BNC.3771

柯林斯词典

• （soon 的比较级）
  Sooneris the comparative ofsoon.
• PHRASE 越快越好;愈早愈好
  You saythe sooner the betterwhen you think something should be done as soon as possible.
  1. Detective Holt said: 'The kidnapper is a man we must catch and the sooner the better'.
     霍尔特侦探说：“绑架者是一名男子，我们必须抓住他，越快越好。”
• PHRASE 迟早
  If you say that something will happensooner or later, you mean that it will happen at some time in the future, even though it might take a long time.
  1. Sooner or later she would be caught by the police.
     她迟早会被警方逮住的。
• PHR-CONJ-SUBORD 刚…就…
  If you say thatno soonerhas one thing happenedthananother thing happens, you mean that the second thing happens immediately after the first thing.
  1. No sooner had he arrived in Rome than he was kidnapped.
     他刚到罗马就遭到了绑架。
• PHR-MODAL 宁可;宁愿
  If you say that youwould soonerdo something or you'd soonerdo it, you mean that you would prefer to do it.
  1. Ford vowed that he would sooner burn his factory to the ground than build a single vehicle for war purposes...
     福特郑重声明他宁可把自己的工厂付之一炬，也不愿意生产一辆用于战争的车辆。
  2. I'd sooner not talk about it...
     我宁可不去谈论它。
  3. I'd sooner he didn't know till I've talked to Pete...
     在我跟皮特说之前，我宁愿他不知道这件事。
  4. I would sooner give up sleep than miss my evening class...
     我宁可不睡觉，也不愿错过晚上的课。
  5. I'd sooner not, if you don't mind.
     要是你不介意的话，我宁可不这样做。

英英释义

adv

• more readily or willingly
  1. clean it well, preferably with warm water
  2. I'd rather be in Philadelphia
  3. I'd sooner die than give up
  Synonym:preferablyrather
• comparatives of `soon' or `early'
  1. Come a little sooner, if you can
  2. came earlier than I expected
  Synonym:earlier

双语例句

• He would do well to remember that, sooner or later, everyone's luck runs out
  他可别忘了任何人的运气早晚都会用完的。
• I would sooner give up sleep than miss my evening class
  我宁可不睡觉，也不愿错过晚上的课。
• Sooner or later most writers end up making books about the torments of being a writer
  或早或晚，大多数作家最终都会著书讲述身为作家的苦恼。
• I'm working on my fitness and I will be ready in a couple of weeks, if not sooner
  我正在调养身体，最多两三周以后就可以了。
• I thought he would show the cloven hoof sooner or later.
  我早就认为他迟早会原形毕露的。
• The messenger boy will run off his legs sooner or later.
  这个小通讯员迟早会累垮的。
• If I were a young man I would sooner go to prison than fight for this country
  如果我是个年轻人，我宁愿进监狱也不愿为这个国家打仗。
• A dishonest person is bound to meet with setbacks sooner or later.
  不老实的人非碰钉子不可。
• Ford vowed that he would sooner burn his factory to the ground than build a single vehicle for war purposes
  福特郑重声明他宁可把自己的工厂付之一炬，也不愿意生产一辆用于战争的车辆。
• Sooner or later she would be caught by the police.
  她迟早会被警方逮住的。