soon/suːn/

adv

1. 不久

• They will soon be home. 他们就快到家了。

2. 早；很快

• How soon can you be ready for dinner? 你最快多长时间能准备好晚饭？

• We will get to your home sooner than you expect. 我们很快就到你家，比你预料的要早。

词组as soon as 一…就…

• As soon as he comes back I will tell him. 他一回来，我就告诉他。

no sooner said than done 说到做到 no sooner…than 一…就…

• No sooner had I arrived than I was asked to leave again. 我刚刚到就被支走了。

sooner or later 迟早；终究

• Sooner or later they will know our secret. 他们迟早都会知道我们的秘密。

speak too soon 言之过早

• I don't want to speak too soon, but I know the result is bad. 我不想言之过早，但是我知道结果不会好。

• The sooner the better. 越快越好。