Dreye權威釋義|soon

ad.

不久，很快地
It will soon be Christmas.
耶誕節很快就要到了。
快，早
She didn't finish her homework as soon as she had expected.
她的作業沒有她預料的那樣快完成。
寧可，寧願，寧肯
I would as soon you didn't tell me about that.
我寧可你不告訴我那件事。

片語

soon after

在……後不久
He arrived soon after three.
三點才過他便到了。

as soon as not

再也樂意不過地
She would go as soon as not.
她可太樂意去了。

辨析

同義:

ad.很快地；不久

promptly quickly shortly presently directly before long

反義:

ad.「不久；快，早」的反義字

late

同義參見:

sometime

以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》

adv.

in or after a short time.
▸early.
readily (used to indicate a preference).

Phrase

no sooner than
as soon as; at the very moment that.
sooner or later
eventually.

Derivative

soonish adv.

Usage

The phrase no sooner should be followed by than rather than when in standard English: we had no sooner arrived than we had to leave, not we had no sooner arrived when we had to leave. This is because sooner is a comparative, and comparatives should be followed by than.

Etymology

OE sōna ‘immediately’, of W. Gmc origin.

以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》