soon
adverb/suːn/
/suːn/
(sooner, soonest)
Idioms - in a short time from now; a short time after something else has happened
很快；马上；不久 - She sold the house soon after her husband died.
丈夫去世后不久，她就把房子卖了。 - Soon afterwards, he joined a youth theatre group.
之后不久，他加入了一个青年剧团。 - I'd love to meet up again sometime soon.
我希望很快再见面。 - I soon realized the mistake.
我很快意识到犯了错误。 - See you soon!
再见！ - More success soon followed.
更多的成功很快接踵而至。 - We’ll be home soon./We’ll soon be home.
我们很快就要到家了。 - I'll be back soon.
我很快回来。 - It soon became clear that the programme was a failure.
没多久便清楚地看出，这个节目不受欢迎。 - He promises to visit again soon.
他承诺很快会再次访问。 - Coming soon to a cinema/theater near you: 'War of the Wizards II'.
即将在您附近的电影院/剧院上映：“巫师之战 II”。 - He moved in with a friend and soon found work.
他搬去和一个朋友住在一起，很快就找到了工作。 - The two men soon discovered they had much in common.
这两个人很快发现他们有很多共同点。 - The trial is expected to start soon.
预计审判很快就会开始。 - Soon thereafter (= soon after that), she returned to Tanzania.
此后不久（=不久之后），她回到了坦桑尼亚。
- She sold the house soon after her husband died.
- early; quickly
早；快 - How soon can you get here?
你多快能赶到这儿？ - We'll deliver the goods as soon as we can.
我们将尽快交货。 - Please send it as soon as possible.
请尽快把它寄出去。 - Do you really have to go so soon?
你真的这么快就得走吗？ - It's too soon to say what caused this.
现在说这事的原因还太早。 - Next Monday is the soonest we can deliver.
我们交货最早要到下星期一。 - The sooner we set off, the sooner we will arrive.
我们走得越早就到得越早。 - All too soon the party was over.
转眼之间，聚会就结束了。 - They arrived home sooner than expected.
他们很快就到家了，比预料的要早。 - The note said, ‘Call Bill soonest’ (= as soon as possible).
纸条上写着：“尽快给比尔打电话”。
- How soon can you get here?
Word OriginOld English sōna ‘immediately’, of West Germanic origin.
Idioms
anytime soon
- (especially North American English) used in negative sentences and questions to refer to the near future
（用于否定句和疑问句）即将，马上 - Will she be back anytime soon?
她会马上回来吗？
- Will she be back anytime soon?
I, etc. would just as soon do something
- used to say that you would equally well like to do something as do something else that has been suggested
乐意做某事（同时也乐意做所建议的事） - I'd just as soon stay at home as go out tonight.
今晚待在家里或出去我都乐意。
- I'd just as soon stay at home as go out tonight.
I, etc. would sooner do something (than something else)
- to prefer to do something (than do something else)
宁愿做某事（而不愿做另一件事） - She'd sooner share a house with other students than live at home with her parents.
她宁可和其他学生合住，也不愿跟父母住在家里。
- She'd sooner share a house with other students than live at home with her parents.
least said soonest mended
- (British English, saying) a bad situation will pass or be forgotten most quickly if nothing more is said about it
只要没人再说，事情就会过去
no sooner said than done
- used to say that something was, or will be, done immediately
说干就干
no sooner… than…
- used to say that something happens immediately after something else
一…就；刚…就 - No sooner had she said it than she burst into tears.
她刚一说完，泪水便夺眶而出。
Grammar Point hardly / scarcely / barely / no soonerhardly / scarcely / barely / no sooner- Hardly, scarcely and barely can all be used to say that something is only just true or possible. They are used with words like any and anyone, with adjectives and verbs, and are often placed between can, could, have, be, etc. and the main part of the verb:
- They have sold scarcely any copies of the book.
这书他们几乎没卖出几本。 - I barely recognized her.
我几乎认不出她了。 - His words were barely audible.
他的话勉强听得见。 - I can hardly believe it.
我几乎不敢相信。 - I hardly can believe it.
- They have sold scarcely any copies of the book.
- Hardly, scarcely and barely are negative words and should not be used with not or other negatives:
- I can’t hardly believe it.
- You can also use hardly, scarcely and barely to say that one thing happens immediately after another:
- We had hardly/scarcely/barely sat down at the table, when the doorbell rang.
我们刚在桌边坐下，门铃就响了。
- Hardly/Scarcely had we sat down at the table, when the doorbell rang.
我们刚在桌边坐下，门铃就响了。
- I scarcely had time to ring the bell before the door opened.
我刚一按门铃，门就开了。
- No sooner had we sat down at the table than the doorbell rang.
我们刚在桌边坐下，门铃就响了。
- We had hardly/scarcely/barely sat down at the table, when the doorbell rang.
- Hardly and scarcely can be used to mean ‘almost never’, but barely is not used in this way:
- She hardly (ever) sees her parents these days.
这些日子她难得见到她父母。 - She barely sees her parents these days.
- She hardly (ever) sees her parents these days.
- No sooner had she said it than she burst into tears.
the sooner the better
- very soon; as soon as possible
尽早；越快越好 - ‘When shall I tell him?’ ‘The sooner the better.’
“我什么时候告诉他呢？”“越快越好。”
- ‘When shall I tell him?’ ‘The sooner the better.’
sooner or later
- at some time in the future, even if you are not sure exactly when
迟早；早晚有一天 - Sooner or later you will have to make a decision.
你早晚得拿个主意。
- Sooner or later you will have to make a decision.
sooner rather than later
- after a short time rather than after a long time
赶早不赶晚；及早 - We urged them to sort out the problem sooner rather than later.
我们敦促他们及早解决那个问题。
- We urged them to sort out the problem sooner rather than later.