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很快;马上;不久

If something is going to happen soon, it will happen after a short time. If something happened soon after a particular time or event, it happened a short time after it.

1. You'll be hearing from us very soon...

   你很快就会收到我们的来信。

2. This chance has come sooner than I expected...

   这个机会来得比我预想的要快。

3. You'll find out soon enough...

   你很快就会搞清楚的。

4. The plane was returning to the airport soon after takeoff when it burst into flames...

   飞机起飞之后不久便起火，于是掉头返回机场。

5. Soon afterwards he separated from his wife.

   不久以后，他和妻子分居了。

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一…就…

If you say that something happens as soon as something else happens, you mean that it happens immediately after the other thing.

1. As soon as relations improve they will be allowed to go...

   一旦关系有所改善，他们就可以获准离开。

2. You'll never guess what happened as soon as I left my room.

   你怎么也猜不出我一离开房间就发生了什么事。

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宁可;宁愿

If you say that you would just as soon do something or you'd just as soon do it, you mean that you would prefer to do it.

1. These people could afford to retire to Florida but they'd just as soon stay put...

   这些人有足够的钱可以去佛罗里达安度退休生活，可是他们却宁愿留在原来的地方。

2. I'd just as soon not have to make this public...

   我宁愿不必将此事公之于众。

3. I'd just as soon you put that thing away...

   我宁可你把那玩意收起来。

4. She'd just as soon throw your plate in your face as serve you.

   她宁可把盘子砸到你脸上也不愿伺候你。

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很快；马上；不久

in a short time from now; a short time after sth else has happened

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我们很快就要到家了。

We'll be home soon./We'll soon be home.

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丈夫去世后不久，她就把房子卖了。

She sold the house soon after her husband died.

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我很快意识到犯了错误。

I soon realized the mistake.

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没多久便可清楚地看出，这个节目不受欢迎。

It soon became clear that the programme was a failure.

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再见！

See you soon !

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早；快

early; quickly

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你什么时候能赶到这儿？

How soon can you get here?

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我们将尽快交货。

We'll deliver the goods as soon as we can.

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请尽快把它寄出去。

Please send it as soon as possible .

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我们交货最早要到下星期一。

Next Monday is the soonest we can deliver.

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他们很快就到家了，比预料的要早。

They arrived home sooner than expected.

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我们走得越早就到得越早。

The sooner we set off, the sooner we will arrive.

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纸条上写着：“尽快给比尔打电话”。

The note said, ‘Call Bill soonest’ (= as soon as possible) .

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转眼之间，聚会就结束了。

All too soon the party was over.

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说干就干

used to say that sth was, or will be, done immediately

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一…就；刚…就

used to say that sth happens immediately after sth else

18

她刚一说完，泪水便夺眶而出。

No sooner had she said it than she burst into tears.

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尽早；越快越好

very soon; as soon as possible

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“我什么时候告诉他呢？”“越快越好。”

‘When shall I tell him?’ ‘The sooner the better.’

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迟早；早晚有一天

at some time in the future, even if you are not sure exactly when

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你早晚得拿个主意。

Sooner or later you will have to make a decision.

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赶早不赶晚；及早

after a short time rather than after a long time

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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.

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宁愿做某事（而不愿做另一件事）

to prefer to do sth (than do sth else)

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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.

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（用于否定句和疑问句）即将，马上

used in negative sentences and questions to refer to the near future

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她会马上回来吗？

Will she be back anytime soon?

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乐意做某事（跟所建议的事一样）

used to say that you would equally well like to do sth as do sth else that has been suggested

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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.

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只要没人再说，事情就会过去

a bad situation will pass or be forgotten most quickly if nothing more is said about it

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in the near future

例子:

1. the doctor will soon be here
2. the book will appear shortly
3. she will arrive presently
4. we should have news before long

近义词: shortly,presently,before long