Translations for „sooner“ in the English » Chinese Dictionary

soon [suːn] ADV

1. soon:

soon

不久 bùjiǔ

2. soon:

soon

快 kuài

soon

早 zǎo

2. soon:

soon

宁愿 nìngyuàn

I'd sooner lose my job than lie.

我宁可丢了工作也不说谎。

Phrases:

as soon as

一…就… yī…jiù…

I called him as soon as I got home.

我一到家就给他打了个电话。

no sooner than

刚…就… gāng…jiù…

No sooner had we set off than it rained heavily.

我们刚动身就下大雨了。

sooner or later

迟早 chízǎo

Usage examples with sooner

sooner or later

迟早 chízǎo

no sooner than

刚…就… gāng…jiù…

would rather [or sooner]

宁愿 nìngyuàn

I'd sooner lose my job than lie.

我宁可丢了工作也不说谎。

No sooner had we set off than it rained heavily.

我们刚动身就下大雨了。

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The sooner the prices tumble down, the better.

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If you must stuff a chop, precook the stuffing so you can get them off the heat sooner.

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Under constant criticism for failure to act sooner, and mistrustful of his militia forces, he developed a plan of attack.

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By permitting each downloader to download only specific parts of the files listed in a torrent, it equips peers to begin seeding sooner.

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Small seeds are quicker to ripen and can be dispersed sooner, so fall blooming plants often have small seeds.

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Pass any habituated town and sooner or later you come across the local refuse dump site in the middle of a pristine forest or by the side of the road.

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The gasket/sealing ring needs replacing with a new one about once a year (or sooner if it is damaged e.g. a small split).

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In this way, it was envisaged that the transition to solo flying in the single-seater could be made sooner.

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While female koalas usually live this long, males may die sooner because of their more hazardous life.

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Its lies and law-breaking should mean the company is closed down -- and the sooner the better.

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