sooner
adv. 更快地,更早地
Sooner is the comparative of soon.
You say the sooner the better when you think something should be done as soon as possible.
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。”
If you say that something will happen sooner or later, you mean that it will happen at some time in the future, even though it might take a long time.
Sooner or later she would be caught by the police.
她迟早会被警方逮住的。
If you say that no sooner has one thing happened than another thing happens, you mean that the second thing happens immediately after the first thing.
No sooner had he arrived in Rome than he was kidnapped.
他刚到罗马就遭到了绑架。
If you say that you would sooner do something or you'd sooner do it, you mean that you would prefer to do it.
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。
I'd sooner not talk about it...
我宁可不去谈论它。
1. comparatives of `soon' or `early';
2. more readily or willingly;
I imagine they'll be tearing the building down sooner or later.
我猜他们早晚会拆除这座楼的。
No sooner had he arrived in Rome than he was kidnapped.
他刚到罗马就遭到了绑架。
Sooner or later she would be caught by the police.
她迟早会被警方逮住的。
Mark, you'd better get cracking, the sooner the better.
马克,你最好尽快开始,越快越好。
Sooner or later, I'm going to have to face the music.
迟早我得自己承担后果。