名词抢先占有者; Sooner 捷足者
1. 捷足先登的移民:sook /胆小鬼/ | sooner /捷足先登的移民/ | soot /煤灰/煤烟/油烟/以煤烟弄脏/弄得到处是煤烟/炱/
2. 乘坐云霄飞车早晚都会停下来:I hung in there for over a year.|It was a real roller coaster ride.|这样子... | And like all rides, sooner|or later, it has to end.|乘坐云霄飞车早晚都会停下来 | What are you doing a week from Sunday?|你...
3. 用不当手段先下手的人:festooner饰边工 | sooner 用不当手段先下手的人 | ironer 熨烫衣服的人
4. (越快越好. ):10.It's?my?treat[请客、款待]?this?time.(这次我请客!) | 11.The?sooner?the?better.?(越快越好. ) | 12.When?is?the?most?convenient?[方便的;便利的]?time?for?you?
1. (soon 的比较级)
Sooner is the comparative of soon.
2. 越快越好;愈早愈好
You say the sooner the better when you think something should be done as soon as possible.
e.g. 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。”
3. 迟早
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.
e.g. Sooner or later she would be caught by the police.
她迟早会被警方逮住的。
4. 刚…就…
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.
e.g. No sooner had he arrived in Rome than he was kidnapped.
他刚到罗马就遭到了绑架。
5. 宁可;宁愿
If you say that you would sooner do something or you'd sooner do it, you mean that you would prefer to do it.
e.g. 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。
e.g. I'd sooner not talk about it...
我宁可不去谈论它。
1. That could have come sooner than expected if officials had not dismissed suggestions that Woods's caddie Steve Williams had stepped on his ball.
2. If the State could cash its promised tax refund sooner, businesses would have a much better circulation of capital.
3. Isner could see Federer sooner than he thinks after receiving a wild card into next week's Cincinnati Masters event.
4. Clenbuterol is a chemical that can be fed to pigs to make them leaner and come to market sooner.
5. I told myself just to stay in there and do what I had been practicing and it'll come together sooner or later.
6. sooner的翻译
6. But it's obvious a newspaper will die sooner rather than later, if it provides mundane content and refuses to embrace new communication technology.
7. sooner的近义词
7. If we don't control our behavior on the Internet, sooner or later a blog law will be devised.
8. sooner什么意思
8. Analysts say competition among Chinese cities for outside skills is likely to convince local authorities to consider hiring foreigners sooner than expected.
9. Excess liquidity from some rich countries will sooner or later force developing countries into a tight corner in their fight against inflation.
10. Bank of America said it initially plans to operate Countrywide separately under the Countrywide brand, with integration occurring no sooner than 2009.
adv
1. more readily or willingly
e.g. clean it well, preferably with warm water
I'd rather be in Philadelphia
I'd sooner die than give up
Synonym: preferably rather
2. comparatives of `soon' or `early'
e.g. Come a little sooner, if you can
came earlier than I expected
Synonym: earlier