单词详解

adv. 

A. 不久，很快地 (in a short time from now; a short time after sth. else has happened )
It will soon be Christmas. 圣诞节很快就要到了。

B. 快，早 (early; quickly)
She didn’t finish her homework as soon as she had expected.

她的作业没有她预料的那样快完成。

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1.       as soon as 一……就……

As soon as I hear my alarm clock, I jump out of my bed. 我一听到闹钟响就从床上跳下来。

They didn’t arrive as soon as we had expected. 他们到达得不像我们预期的那么早。

2.       no sooner…than… 一……就……

I had no sooner reached home than it began to rain.

No sooner had I reached home than it began to rain. 我刚到家就开始下雨了。

no sooner 置于句首时，引出的句子要用部分倒装结构。

3.       sooner or later 迟早

Sooner or later she was going to awake. 她迟早会醒来的。

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比较级：sooner